Total Crime Rate
738.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
209.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Islington Park Street area has the highest crime rate of 82 local areas in Canonbury , and the 22nd highest 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 Islington Park Street (N1 1PX) in the last 12 months was 738.6 per 1,000 residents and was 509.6% higher than the Canonbury average (121.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 77 offences recorded. The least common crime was Vehicle crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 75.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -16.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 64 (≈ 209.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 23.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 2.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Islington Park Street (N1 1PX), the main crime hotspot is near Theatre/Concert Hall. Police recorded 240 crimes here, including 55 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Laycock| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Holloway Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sable Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Milner Square | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Milner Square | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Barnsbury Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hampton Court | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Morland Mews | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lonsdale Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sable Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Highbury Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hampton Court | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hampton Court | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hampton Court | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Canonbury Square | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hampton Court | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Holloway Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Holloway Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Highbury Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Highbury And Islington | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Holloway Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Theatre/Concert Hall | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Haslam Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Theatre/Concert Hall | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Theatre/Concert Hall | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Theatre/Concert Hall | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Theatre/Concert Hall | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Theatre/Concert Hall | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | College Cross | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Islington Park Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | College Cross | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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