Total Crime Rate

115.7 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 115.7 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 29.9 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 18.7 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 14.9 7/10
  • Other theft 14.9 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 7.5 6/10
  • Public order 7.5 6/10
  • Theft from the person 7.5 8/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.7 6/10
  • Drugs 3.7 4/10
  • Other crime 3.7 5/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.7 6/10
  • Burglary 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

Brooksby Street area has the 66th lowest crime rate of 140 local areas in Barnsbury , and the 218th 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 Brooksby Street (N1 1HA) in the last 12 months was 115.7 per 1,000 residents and was 42.9% 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 8 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 300.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 11 (≈ 41.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 37.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 54.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Brooksby Street (N1 1HA), the main crime hotspot is near Haslam Close. Police recorded 50 crimes here, including 24 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

Crime Over Time in Brooksby Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Haslam Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Granary Square Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Lonsdale Square —
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Blackthorn Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Blackthorn Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Arundel Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Arundel Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Brooksby Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Haslam Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Granary Square Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Granary Square Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Carfree Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Epping Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Epping Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Epping Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Epping Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Drummond Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Drummond Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Drummond Way —
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Malvern Terrace Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Orleston Mews —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lonsdale Square Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Carfree Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Beech Tree Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary College Cross Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Haslam Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Haslam Close —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Haslam Close —
Sep 2025Public order Haslam Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Haslam Close Under investigation

Data Sources

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