Total Crime Rate

133.5 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 133.5 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 41.3 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 26.7 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 12.1 8/10
  • Other theft 9.7 8/10
  • Public order 9.7 7/10
  • Robbery 9.7 9/10
  • Burglary 7.3 7/10
  • Drugs 4.9 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 4.9 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 2.4 2/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.4 2/10
  • Theft from the person 2.4 2/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Barnsbury Estate area has the 65th highest crime rate of 140 local areas in Barnsbury , and the 259th lowest crime rate of 530 local areas in Islington .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Barnsbury Estate (N1 0JJ) in the last 12 months was 133.5 per 1,000 residents and was 34.1% lower than the Barnsbury average (202.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 17 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 466.7% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 26 (≈ 63.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 271.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -33.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Barnsbury Estate (N1 0JJ), the main crime hotspot is near Grant Street. Police recorded 274 crimes here, including 204 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

Crime Over Time in Barnsbury Estate area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Drugs Denmark Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Grant Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Public order Stanmore Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Stanmore Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Grant Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Denmark Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Denmark Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Stanmore Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Grant Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Other theft Twyford Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Elystan Walk Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Penton Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Grant Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Copenhagen Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Charlotte Terrace Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Price'S Mews Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Donegal Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Donegal Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Charlotte Terrace Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Charlotte Terrace Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Penton Street
Sep 2025Theft from the person Grant Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Grant Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Eckford Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Maygood Street Offender given penalty notice
Sep 2025Robbery Maygood Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Grant Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Ripplevale Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Grant Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Grant Street Under investigation

Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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