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 0JL) 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 0JL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Bingfield Street, where police recorded 82 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Penton Street (25 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

Crime Over Time in Barnsbury Estate area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other theft Carnegie Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Fife Terrace Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Rodney Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Hemingford Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Leirum Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Donegal Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Leirum Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Leirum Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Leirum Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Stanmore Street
Sep 2025Other theft Leirum Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Muriel Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Theft from the person Muriel Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Matilda Street
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sports/Recreation Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Fife Terrace
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Wynford Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Bingfield Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bingfield Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Bingfield Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Bingfield Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Bingfield Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Bingfield Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Bingfield Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Stanmore Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Thornhill Square
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Stanmore Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Twyford Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Copenhagen Street Under investigation

Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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