Total Crime Rate
334.6 per 1,000
All offences Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Hope Close area has the 7th highest crime rate of 87 local areas in Canonbury , and the 82nd highest crime rate of 530 local areas in Islington .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Hope Close (N1 2YS) in the last 12 months was 334.6 per 1,000 residents and was 180.0% higher than the Canonbury average (119.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this areaβs most reported crimes were Theft from the person with 22 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 30 (β 114.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 3.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -10.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Hope Close (N1 2YS), the main crime hotspot is near Grosvenor Avenue. Police recorded 92 crimes here, including 22 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Canonbury| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Clifton Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Lundy Walk | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Clephane Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Clephane Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Clephane Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Thorndike Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Northampton Park | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Douglas Road North | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Douglas Road North | β |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Lundy Walk | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Lundy Walk | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Lundy Walk | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Canonbury | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lismore Walk | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Canonbury | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Canonbury | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Canonbury | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Hope Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Canonbury Park North | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Holmcote Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Holmcote Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Holmcote Gardens | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightingale Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightingale Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Nightingale Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Clephane Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Rona Walk | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Nightingale Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Grosvenor Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Beresford Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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