Total Crime Rate

125.9 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

35.0 per 1,000 6/10 · Average

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 125.9 8/10
  • Violent crimes 35.0 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 35.0 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 24.5 6/10
  • Other theft 14.0 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 14.0 9/10
  • Burglary 10.5 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 10.5 7/10
  • Public order 10.5 7/10
  • Drugs 3.5 4/10
  • Theft from the person 3.5 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Morton Road area has the 36th lowest crime rate of 82 local areas in Canonbury , and the 216th lowest crime rate of 506 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 3BE) in the last 12 months was 125.9 per 1,000 residents and was 3.9% higher than the Canonbury average (121.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 35.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -9.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -27.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Morton Road (N1 3BE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Church Road, where police recorded 74 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Red House Square (28 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Morton Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Public order Cleveland Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Rotherfield Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Elizabeth Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Essex Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Essex Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Essex Road
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Elizabeth Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Ashby Grove Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Ashby Grove Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Rona Walk Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Other theft Elizabeth Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Rotherfield Street
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Cleveland Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Hullbridge Mews Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Oakley Road
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Hullbridge Mews Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Elizabeth Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Hullbridge Mews Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Elmore Street
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Elmore Street
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences A1200 Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Drugs A1200 Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Drugs Sherborne Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Cleveland Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Cleveland Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Basire Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Red House Square Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Red House Square Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order Red House Square Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Red House Square Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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