Total Crime Rate

153.5 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 153.5 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 32.0 9/10
  • Public order 21.3 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 21.3 5/10
  • Theft from the person 14.9 9/10
  • Bicycle theft 12.8 10/10
  • Robbery 12.8 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 8.5 7/10
  • Burglary 6.4 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 6.4 5/10
  • Other crime 6.4 8/10
  • Other theft 6.4 6/10
  • Shoplifting 4.3 3/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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

Compton Terrace area has the 33rd highest crime rate of 87 local areas in Canonbury , and the 239th highest 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 Compton Terrace (N1 2UN) in the last 12 months was 153.5 per 1,000 residents and was 28.4% higher 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 15 offences recorded. The least common crime was Shoplifting with 2 cases , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 1400.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 26 (≈ 55.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 28.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Compton Terrace (N1 2UN), the main crime hotspot is near Theatre/Concert Hall. Police recorded 270 crimes here, including 58 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Compton Terrace area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Florence Street
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nightclub Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Sports/Recreation Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Sports/Recreation Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Tyndale Lane Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Tyndale Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Tyndale Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Nightclub Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Nightclub Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nightclub Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nightclub Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Holloway Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Theatre/Concert Hall Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Theatre/Concert Hall Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Theatre/Concert Hall Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Theatre/Concert Hall Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Theatre/Concert Hall Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Theatre/Concert Hall Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Theatre/Concert Hall Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Theatre/Concert Hall Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Holloway Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Holloway Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Theatre/Concert Hall Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Tyndale Lane
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Compton Terrace
Sep 2025Burglary College Cross Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary College Cross Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson College Cross Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs College Cross Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Laycock Street Under investigation

Data Sources

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