Total Crime Rate
302.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
89.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Rosemary Street area has the 7th highest crime rate of 82 local areas in Canonbury , and the 91st 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 Rosemary Street (N1 3DU) in the last 12 months was 302.6 per 1,000 residents and was 149.8% 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 20 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 66.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Bicycle theft ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 31 (≈ 89.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -16.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -15.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Rosemary Street (N1 3DU), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Canal Walk, where police recorded 121 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Balmes Road (32 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 | Cleveland Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Southgate Grove | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Balmes Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Balmes Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Wiltshire Row | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wiltshire Row | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Canal Walk | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hullbridge Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hullbridge Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Hullbridge Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Canal Walk | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Canal Walk | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Rosemary Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rosemary Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Southgate Grove | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Balmes Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Southgate Grove | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Southgate Grove | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Southgate Grove | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rosemary Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bracklyn Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Bracklyn Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Bracklyn Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Bracklyn Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Bracklyn Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Canal Walk | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Poole Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Penally Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Balmes Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Balmes Road | — |
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