Total Crime Rate

110.4 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 110.4 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 36.8 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 36.8 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 6.7 8/10
  • Public order 6.7 6/10
  • Theft from the person 6.7 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 6.7 6/10
  • Burglary 3.3 3/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.3 2/10
  • Other theft 3.3 3/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Hawes Street area has the 39th lowest crime rate of 87 local areas in Canonbury , and the 206th lowest crime rate of 530 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 Hawes Street (N1 2DY) in the last 12 months was 110.4 per 1,000 residents and was 7.7% lower than the Canonbury average (119.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 13 (≈ 43.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 30.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -12.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Hawes Street (N1 2DY), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Theatre/Concert Hall, where police recorded 190 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Horse Yard (35 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

Crime Over Time in Hawes Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Florence Street —
Sep 2025Shoplifting Barnsbury Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Compton Terrace —
Sep 2025Public order Theatre/Concert Hall Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Theatre/Concert Hall Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Barnsbury Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Barnsbury Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Barnsbury Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Barnsbury Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Theatre/Concert Hall Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Barnsbury Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Barnsbury Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Theatre/Concert Hall Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Theatre/Concert Hall Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Gaskin Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Waterloo Terrace Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Islington Green —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Canonbury Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Islington Green Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Islington Green Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dagmar Terrace Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Alwyne Lane —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Alwyne Lane —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Islington Green —
Sep 2025Other theft Gaskin Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Tyndale Lane Under investigation

Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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