Total Crime Rate
133.5 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Barnsbury 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.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Denmark Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Grant Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Stanmore Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Stanmore Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Grant Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Denmark Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Denmark Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Stanmore Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Grant Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Twyford Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Elystan Walk | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Penton Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Grant Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Copenhagen Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Charlotte Terrace | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Price'S Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Donegal Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Donegal Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Charlotte Terrace | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Charlotte Terrace | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Penton Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Grant Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Grant Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Eckford Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Maygood Street | Offender given penalty notice |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Maygood Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Grant Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Ripplevale Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Grant Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Grant Street | Under investigation |
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