Total Crime Rate

282.6 per 1,000 10/10 · 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 282.6 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 71.4 10/10
  • Theft from the person 55.9 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 52.8 8/10
  • Other theft 40.4 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 21.7 9/10
  • Bicycle theft 9.3 9/10
  • Burglary 9.3 8/10
  • Public order 6.2 5/10
  • Robbery 6.2 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 6.2 6/10
  • Other crime 3.1 3/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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

Copenhagen Street area has the 22nd highest crime rate of 140 local areas in Barnsbury , and the 103rd 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 Copenhagen Street (N1 0XW) in the last 12 months was 282.6 per 1,000 residents and was 39.6% higher than the Barnsbury average (202.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 23 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -60.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 21 (≈ 65.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -34.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -42.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Copenhagen Street (N1 0XW), the main crime hotspot is near London King'S Cross. Police recorded 192 crimes here, including 44 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

Crime Over Time in Copenhagen Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Beaconsfield Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Wharfdale Road —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bingfield Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Bingfield Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Tiber Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Tiber Gardens Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Tiber Gardens —
Sep 2025Drugs Gifford Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Wharfdale Road —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Wharfdale Road —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Killick Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Wharfdale Road —
Sep 2025Burglary Wharfdale Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Wharfdale Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Wharfdale Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wharfdale Road 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 2025Violence and sexual offences Tiber Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Killick Street —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Bingfield Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences London King'S Cross Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting London King'S Cross Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting London King'S Cross Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person London King'S Cross Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person London King'S Cross Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person London King'S Cross Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime London King'S Cross Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime London King'S Cross Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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