Total Crime Rate

123.4 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 123.4 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 51.1 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 21.3 10/10
  • Other theft 17.0 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 12.8 8/10
  • Drugs 8.5 8/10
  • Theft from the person 8.5 8/10
  • Burglary 4.3 5/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 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

Liverpool Road area has the 69th lowest crime rate of 140 local areas in Barnsbury , and the 232nd lowest crime rate of 530 local areas in Islington .

At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Liverpool Road (N1 1LE) in the last 12 months was 123.4 per 1,000 residents and was 39.0% 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 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 200.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 12 (≈ 51.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -7.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has flat ( -1.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Liverpool Road (N1 1LE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Theatre/Concert Hall, where police recorded 147 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Barnsbury Street (25 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

Crime Over Time in Liverpool Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Theatre/Concert Hall Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Laycock Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Barnsbury Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Barnsbury Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs College Cross Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson College Cross Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary College Cross Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary College Cross Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Waterloo Terrace Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Shopping Area
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Almeida Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Laycock Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Edwards Mews Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Theatre/Concert Hall Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Haslam Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Haslam Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Haslam Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Haslam Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Haslam Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Sports/Recreation Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Haslam Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Haslam Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Haslam Close
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Haslam Close
Sep 2025Shoplifting Upper Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Upper Street Under investigation

Data Sources

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