Total Crime Rate
221.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
93.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Elizabeth Avenue area has the 18th highest crime rate of 82 local areas in Canonbury , and the 153rd highest 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 Elizabeth Avenue (N1 3BJ) in the last 12 months was 221.0 per 1,000 residents and was 82.4% higher than the Canonbury average (121.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 17 (≈ 93.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 88.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 10.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Elizabeth Avenue (N1 3BJ), 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 | Possession of weapons | Rosemary Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ashby Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Elizabeth Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Elizabeth Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Elizabeth Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Almorah Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Benyon Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Essex Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Essex Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Essex Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Benyon Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Benyon Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Benyon Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ashby Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Elizabeth Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Almorah Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| 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 | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Almorah Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rydon Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Church Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Church Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Church Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Church Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Elizabeth Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Elizabeth Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Hullbridge Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Red House Square | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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