Total Crime Rate
189.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
66.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Rotherfield Street area has the 25th highest crime rate of 82 local areas in Canonbury , and the 189th highest crime rate of 506 local areas in Islington .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Rotherfield Street (N1 3DA) in the last 12 months was 189.4 per 1,000 residents and was 56.3% 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 15 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 114.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 20 (≈ 66.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 66.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 17.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Rotherfield Street (N1 3DA), the main crime hotspot is near Essex Road. Police recorded 111 crimes here, including 39 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Canonbury| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ashby Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | A1200 | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| 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 | Anti-social behaviour | Basire Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Church Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Church Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Church Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Church Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Church Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Maldon Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Basire Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Church Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Red House Square | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | A1200 | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Red House Square | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Essex Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Popham Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Red House Square | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Red House Square | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rydon Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rydon Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Red House Square | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Red House Square | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Red House Square | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Red House Square | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Greenman Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Melville Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Coleman Fields | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Melville Place | Awaiting court outcome |
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