Total Crime Rate
115.7 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Liverpool Road 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 Liverpool Road (N1 1NQ) 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 Liverpool Road (N1 1NQ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Theatre/Concert Hall, where police recorded 101 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.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Theatre/Concert Hall | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Barnsbury Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Lonsdale Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Blackthorn Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Blackthorn Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Barnsbury Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Theatre/Concert Hall | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Barnsbury Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Barnsbury Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Carfree Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Barnsbury Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Barnsbury Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Brooksby Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Morland Mews | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Morland Mews | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Compton Terrace | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Carfree Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Arundel Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Tyndale Lane | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Epping Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Stonefield Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Stonefield Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Stonefield Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Orleston Mews | — |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Brooksby Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Epping Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Epping Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Arundel Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Epping Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Lonsdale Square | — |
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