Total Crime Rate
305.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
118.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Halton Road area has the 6th highest crime rate of 82 local areas in Canonbury , and the 90th 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 Halton Road (N1 2AD) in the last 12 months was 305.6 per 1,000 residents and was 152.2% higher than the Canonbury average (121.2 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 Bicycle theft with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Bicycle theft ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 17 (≈ 118.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -5.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -71.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Halton Road (N1 2AD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Keen'S Yard, where police recorded 152 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Horse Yard (29 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In St Mary's & St James'| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hawes Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Canonbury Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Horse Yard | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Horse Yard | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Horse Yard | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Horse Yard | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Horse Yard | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Horse Yard | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Horse Yard | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sable Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Canonbury Yard West | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Horse Yard | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Horse Yard | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Horse Yard | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Prior Bolton Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Alwyne Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Horse Yard | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sable Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fowler Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Horse Yard | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Halton Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pleasant Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pleasant Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Braes Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Braes Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Halton Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Florence Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Halton Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Essex Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Keen'S Yard | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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