Total Crime Rate
159.1 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Morton Road area has the 30th highest crime rate of 87 local areas in Canonbury , and the 226th highest crime rate of 530 local areas in Islington .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Morton Road (N1 3BD) in the last 12 months was 159.1 per 1,000 residents and was 33.1% 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 8 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 200.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.
Violent crimes totalled 5 (≈ 28.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 400.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -58.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Morton Road (N1 3BD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Essex Road, where police recorded 68 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Hullbridge Mews (23 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Canonbury| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Rotherfield Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hullbridge Mews | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Hullbridge Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hullbridge Mews | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ecclesbourne Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Arran Walk | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Elizabeth Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hullbridge Mews | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hullbridge Mews | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Crowland Terrace | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Hullbridge Mews | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Crowland Terrace | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Sherborne Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Queensbury Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Rotherfield Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Queensbury Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Queensbury Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Queensbury Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Hullbridge Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Hullbridge Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Queensbury Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Rotherfield Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Rotherfield Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Rotherfield Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Rotherfield Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Basire Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Rotherfield Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightingale Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Rotherfield Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Wilton Villas | — |
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