Total Crime Rate

194.9 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 194.9 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 63.6 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 25.4 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 17.0 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 12.7 10/10
  • Burglary 12.7 9/10
  • Drugs 12.7 9/10
  • Theft from the person 12.7 9/10
  • Other theft 8.5 7/10
  • Possession of weapons 8.5 9/10
  • Public order 8.5 7/10
  • Other crime 4.2 6/10
  • Robbery 4.2 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 4.2 4/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Elizabeth Avenue area has the 19th highest crime rate of 87 local areas in Canonbury , and the 178th 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 Elizabeth Avenue (N1 3BT) in the last 12 months was 194.9 per 1,000 residents and was 63.1% higher than the Canonbury average (119.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 15 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -80.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 20 (≈ 84.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 42.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 6.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Elizabeth Avenue (N1 3BT), 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.

Crime Over Time in Elizabeth Avenue area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Halliford Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Union Square
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Rotherfield Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Rotherfield Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Rotherfield Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Rotherfield Street
Sep 2025Drugs Sherborne Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rector Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Theft from the person Raynor Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Raynor Place Local resolution
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Ashby Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Union Square Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rotherfield Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Elmore Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ecclesbourne Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Hanbury Mews Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hanbury Mews Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Queensbury Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Queensbury Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Queensbury Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Queensbury Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Queensbury Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Queensbury Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Rotherfield Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rotherfield Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Queensbury Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Hullbridge Mews Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Canonbury Crescent Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Canonbury Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Canonbury Crescent Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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