Total Crime Rate
115.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
48.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Liverpool Road area has the 62nd lowest crime rate of 138 local areas in Barnsbury , and the 194th lowest crime rate of 506 local areas in Islington .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Liverpool Road (N1 1NQ) in the last 12 months was 115.7 per 1,000 residents and was 44.4% lower than the Barnsbury average (208.1 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 Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Theft from the person ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 13 (≈ 48.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 8.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 55.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Liverpool Road (N1 1NQ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Theatre/Concert Hall, where police recorded 83 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Compton Terrace (30 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Barnsbury| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Laycock Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Orleston Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Barnsbury Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Barnsbury Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Compton Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Compton Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Tyndale Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Tyndale Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Tyndale Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Liverpool Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Lofting Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Compton Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Compton Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Compton Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Liverpool Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Haslam Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Haslam Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Orleston Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Haslam Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Albion Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Lofting Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Haslam Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | College Cross | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Edwards Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Islington Park Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Highbury And Islington | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Sports/Recreation Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | College Cross | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | College Cross | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | College Cross | Under investigation |
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