Total Crime Rate
99.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
60.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Canonbury Crescent area has the 28th lowest crime rate of 82 local areas in Canonbury , and the 160th lowest 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 Canonbury Crescent (N1 2FB) in the last 12 months was 99.3 per 1,000 residents and was 18.0% 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 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 17 (≈ 60.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -5.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -73.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Canonbury Crescent (N1 2FB), the main crime hotspot is near Essex Road. Police recorded 111 crimes here, including 39 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Canonbury| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Raynor Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Essex Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Arran Walk | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Arran Walk | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Arran Walk | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Canonbury Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Church Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Church Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Church Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Church Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ridgewell Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Canonbury Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Essex Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Essex Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Essex Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Essex Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Essex Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Queensbury Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Essex Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Melville Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Melville Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Greenman Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Canonbury Park North | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Popham Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Essex Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Essex Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Alwyne Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Maldon Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ashby Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ashby Grove | Under investigation |
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