Total Crime Rate
56.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
31.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Halton Road area has the 10th lowest crime rate of 82 local areas in Canonbury , and the 67th 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 2EJ) in the last 12 months was 56.3 per 1,000 residents and was 53.6% 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 4 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Other theft ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 5 (≈ 31.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -70.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Halton Road (N1 2EJ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Upper Street, where police recorded 92 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 | Popham Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Horse Yard | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Gaskin Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Gaskin Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Horse Yard | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Upper Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Upper Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Upper Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Upper Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Upper Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Upper Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Horse Yard | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Britannia Row | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Britannia Row | — |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Halton Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Florence Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Horse Yard | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | 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 | Shoplifting | Horse Yard | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Horse Yard | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Almeida Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | River Place | — |
| 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 |
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