Total Crime Rate
326.4 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Almeida Street area has the 21st highest crime rate of 140 local areas in Barnsbury , and the 84th 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 Almeida Street (N1 1AD) in the last 12 months was 326.4 per 1,000 residents and was 61.2% higher than the Barnsbury average (202.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 26 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 325.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 29 (≈ 75.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -21.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -2.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Almeida Street (N1 1AD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Theatre/Concert Hall, where police recorded 190 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Camden Walk (48 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Islington Green | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Collins Yard | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Theatre/Concert Hall | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Collins Yard | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Collins Yard | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Collins Yard | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Canonbury Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Canonbury Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Canonbury Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Canonbury Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Collins Yard | — |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Theatre/Concert Hall | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Collins Yard | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Tyndale Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Tyndale Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Tyndale Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Halton Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Halton Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Halton Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Halton Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Tyndale Lane | — |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Theatre/Concert Hall | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Theatre/Concert Hall | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Gibson Square | — |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Collins Yard | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Elliott'S Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Colebrooke Place | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Old Royal Free Square | — |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Collins Yard | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Collins Yard | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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