Total Crime Rate

153.1 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 153.1 9/10
  • Drugs 34.0 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 27.2 6/10
  • Other theft 23.8 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 17.0 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 17.0 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 10.2 5/10
  • Public order 10.2 7/10
  • Theft from the person 6.8 8/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.4 5/10
  • Burglary 3.4 3/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 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

Matilda Street area has the 58th highest crime rate of 140 local areas in Barnsbury , and the 240th highest 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 Matilda Street (N1 0LA) in the last 12 months was 153.1 per 1,000 residents and was 24.4% lower than the Barnsbury average (202.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Drugs with 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 400.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -20.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 11 (≈ 37.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -15.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -6.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Matilda Street (N1 0LA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 124 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Earlsferry Way (31 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Matilda Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other theft Carnoustie Drive Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Stanmore Street —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Boadicea Street —
Sep 2025Other theft Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Theft from the person Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Fife Terrace —
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Fife Terrace Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Matilda Street —
Sep 2025Public order Stanmore Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Boadicea Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Leirum Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Leirum Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Charlotte Terrace Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Charlotte Terrace 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 2025Other theft Carnegie Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Stanmore Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Boadicea Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order B514 Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Carnoustie Drive —
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Hemingford Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Price'S Mews Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Story Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Story Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Bridgeman Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Copenhagen Street Under investigation

Data Sources

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