Total Crime Rate
38.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
7.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Cloudesley Street area has the 14th lowest crime rate of 138 local areas in Barnsbury , and the 33rd lowest crime rate of 506 local areas in Islington .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Cloudesley Street (N1 0HU) in the last 12 months was 38.5 per 1,000 residents and was 81.5% lower than the Barnsbury average (208.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Drugs with 3 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 2 (≈ 7.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -60.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Cloudesley Street (N1 0HU), the main crime hotspot is near Grant Street. Police recorded 307 crimes here, including 205 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Barnsbury| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Old Royal Free Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chapel Market | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Chapel Market | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Chapel Market | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Chapel Market | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Chapel Market | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Chapel Market | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Chapel Market | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Chapel Market | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Chapel Market | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | White Lion Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | White Lion Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | White Conduit Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | White Conduit Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | White Conduit Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | White Conduit Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Chapel Market | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Old Royal Free Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | White Conduit Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Penton Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Denmark Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Penton Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Penton Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Penton Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Shopping Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Penton Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
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