Total Crime Rate

110.8 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 110.8 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 41.9 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 21.0 8/10
  • Public order 15.0 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 9.0 6/10
  • Drugs 9.0 8/10
  • Burglary 6.0 6/10
  • Other theft 6.0 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.0 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Gibson Square area has the 63rd lowest crime rate of 140 local areas in Barnsbury , and the 208th 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 Gibson Square (N1 0RY) in the last 12 months was 110.8 per 1,000 residents and was 45.3% 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 14 offences recorded. The least common crime was Vehicle crime with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 133.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 19 (≈ 56.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 216.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 14.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Gibson Square (N1 0RY), the main crime hotspot is near Theatre/Concert Hall. Police recorded 89 crimes here, including 22 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

Crime Over Time in Gibson Square area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Theft from the person Upper Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Liverpool Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Batchelor Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Batchelor Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Theft from the person Studd Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Studd Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs College Cross Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson College Cross Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary College Cross Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary College Cross Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Liverpool Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Liverpool Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St Alban'S Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Moon Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Moon Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Moon Street
Sep 2025Burglary Parking Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Parking Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bromfield Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Conference/Exhibition Centre Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Berners Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other crime Liverpool Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Batchelor Street
Sep 2025Other theft St Alban'S Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Berners Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Barford Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Shopping Area
Sep 2025Shoplifting Upper Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Upper Street Under investigation

Data Sources

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