Total Crime Rate
125.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
35.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Morton 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 3BG) 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 3BG), 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.
View Crime In Canonbury| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rona Walk | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Essex Road | Under investigation |
| 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 | Anti-social behaviour | Elmore Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Elmore Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Oakley Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Tilney Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Northchurch Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Essex Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Essex Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Church Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Clephane Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Clephane Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ashby Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ashby Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Clephane Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Clifton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Clifton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Rotherfield Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Rotherfield Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Church Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Church Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ramsey Walk | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Red House Square | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Church Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Church Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Red House Square | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Red House Square | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Red House Square | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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