Total Crime Rate

173.6 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

60.4 per 1,000 8/10 · High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 173.6 9/10
  • Violent crimes 60.4 8/10
  • Theft from the person 34.0 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 34.0 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 22.6 10/10
  • Public order 18.9 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 11.3 7/10
  • Drugs 11.3 9/10
  • Other theft 11.3 8/10
  • Bicycle theft 7.6 9/10
  • Robbery 7.6 8/10
  • Shoplifting 7.6 5/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 3.8 2/10
  • Burglary 3.8 4/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Cross Street area has the 28th highest crime rate of 82 local areas in Canonbury , and the 204th highest crime rate of 506 local areas in Islington .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Cross Street (N1 2BE) in the last 12 months was 173.6 per 1,000 residents and was 43.3% higher than the Canonbury average (121.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Theft from the person with 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Bicycle theft ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 16 (≈ 60.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 6.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -64.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Cross Street (N1 2BE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Collins Yard, where police recorded 194 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Camden Walk (46 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Cross Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Halton Road
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Shopping Area
Apr 2026Shoplifting Collins Yard Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Collins Yard Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Collins Yard Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Collins Yard Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Collins Yard Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Collins Yard Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Collins Yard Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Collins Yard Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Collins Yard Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Collins Yard Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Collins Yard Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Collins Yard Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Collins Yard Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Shopping Area
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Shopping Area
Apr 2026Shoplifting Collins Yard Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Theft from the person Almeida Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Shoplifting Upper Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Upper Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Upper Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Upper Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Theft from the person Upper Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Theft from the person Almeida Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Theft from the person Horse Yard Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Shopping Area
Apr 2026Public order Almeida Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Almeida Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Theft from the person Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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