Total Crime Rate
83.3 per 1,000
All offences Β· May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
35.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Offord Road area has the 39th lowest crime rate of 138 local areas in Barnsbury , and the 122nd 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 1PG) in the last 12 months was 83.3 per 1,000 residents and was 60.0% lower than the Barnsbury average (208.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this areaβs most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 150.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -75.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 16 (β 35.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 14.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -36.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Offord Road (N1 1PG), the main crime hotspot is near Roman Way. Police recorded 159 crimes here, including 117 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Barnsbury| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Ellington Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Clements Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Ellington Street | β |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Roman Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Lough Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hemingford Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Hemingford Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Beech Tree Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Beech Tree Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Barnsbury Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Barnsbury Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Mountfort Crescent | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Lofting Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Lofting Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Lofting Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Lofting Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | St Clements Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Roman Way | Formal action is not in the public interest |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Arundel Square | β |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Offord Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Offord Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Vulcan Way | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Vulcan Way | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Vulcan Way | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Arundel Square | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Arundel Square | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Ripplevale Grove | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Arundel Square | β |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Vulcan Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Brides Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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