Total Crime Rate

123.0 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

29.1 per 1,000 6/10 · Average

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 123.0 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 55.0 10/10
  • Violent crimes 29.1 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 19.4 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 19.4 5/10
  • Other theft 6.5 6/10
  • Robbery 6.5 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.2 4/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.2 2/10
  • Drugs 3.2 3/10
  • Public order 3.2 2/10
  • Theft from the person 3.2 4/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Thornhill Square area has the 68th lowest crime rate of 138 local areas in Barnsbury , and the 209th lowest crime rate of 506 local areas in Islington .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Thornhill Square (N1 1BE) in the last 12 months was 123.0 per 1,000 residents and was 40.9% lower than the Barnsbury average (208.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 17 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.

Violent crimes totalled 9 (≈ 29.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 12.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 35.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Thornhill Square (N1 1BE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 176 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Bingfield Street (39 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Thornhill Square area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Formal action is not in the public interest
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Jays Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Thornhill Square
Apr 2026Theft from the person Copenhagen Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Bicycle theft Copenhagen Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Bicycle theft Copenhagen Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Twyford Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order Twyford Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Robbery Carnoustie Drive Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Huntingdon Street
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Carnoustie Drive Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order Twyford Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Lyon Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Lyon Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Bingfield Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Boadicea Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Boadicea Street
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Boadicea Street

Data Sources

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