Total Crime Rate

139.5 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 139.5 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 39.9 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 19.9 5/10
  • Other theft 16.6 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 13.3 6/10
  • Drugs 10.0 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 10.0 8/10
  • Possession of weapons 6.6 9/10
  • Public order 6.6 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.3 4/10
  • Burglary 3.3 3/10
  • Other crime 3.3 4/10
  • Robbery 3.3 4/10
  • Theft from the person 3.3 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

Rotherfield Street area has the 37th highest crime rate of 87 local areas in Canonbury , and the 265th lowest 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 Rotherfield Street (N1 3BY) in the last 12 months was 139.5 per 1,000 residents and was 16.7% higher than the Canonbury average (119.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Criminal damage and arson with 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 200.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 11 (≈ 36.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 175.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -48.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Rotherfield Street (N1 3BY), the main crime hotspot is near Essex Road. Police recorded 116 crimes here, including 37 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Rotherfield Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other theft Popham Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Halliford Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rotherfield Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Basire Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Ridgewell Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Ridgewell Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Popham Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Wilton Villas —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Wilton Villas —
Sep 2025Theft from the person Essex Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Halliford Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rotherfield Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Coleman Fields Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Elizabeth Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Red House Square Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Crowland Terrace Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nightingale Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Basire Street —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nightingale Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Yeate Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rotherfield Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Queensbury Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Nightingale Road —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Rotherfield Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Raynor Place Local resolution
Sep 2025Theft from the person Raynor Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ecclesbourne Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Basire Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Basire Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Basire Street Under investigation

Data Sources

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