Total Crime Rate
65.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
27.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Halton Road area has the 13th lowest crime rate of 82 local areas in Canonbury , and the 83rd lowest crime rate of 506 local areas in Islington .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Halton Road (N1 2AE) in the last 12 months was 65.1 per 1,000 residents and was 46.3% lower 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 8 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 8 (≈ 27.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -27.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Halton Road (N1 2AE), 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 Compton Terrace (30 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 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Theatre/Concert Hall | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Barnsbury Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Barnsbury Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Alwyne Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Almeida Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Almeida Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Almeida Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Almeida Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Upper Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Upper Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Upper Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Canonbury Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Prior Bolton Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Upper Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Colebeck Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Theatre/Concert Hall | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Theatre/Concert Hall | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Theatre/Concert Hall | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Assata Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Assata Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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