Total Crime Rate
88.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
24.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Offord Road area has the 44th lowest crime rate of 138 local areas in Barnsbury , and the 138th lowest crime rate of 506 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 Offord Road (N1 1NT) in the last 12 months was 88.7 per 1,000 residents and was 57.4% 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 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Theft from the person ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 11 (≈ 24.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -26.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Offord Road (N1 1NT), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Haslam Close, where police recorded 51 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Crossley Street (21 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Barnsbury| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Cornelia Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Haslam Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Barnsbury Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Barnsbury Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Islington Park Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Edwards Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Laycock Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Haslam Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Haslam Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Haslam Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Lofting Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Haslam Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Haslam Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Haslam Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Clements Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | St Clements Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Crane Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Liverpool Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Sheringham Road | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Mountfort Crescent | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Lofting Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Liverpool Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Granary Square | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Ellington Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Blackthorn Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Blackthorn Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Ellington Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Barnsbury Park | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Barnsbury Park | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Legion Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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