Total Crime Rate
157.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
82.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Sherborne Street area has the 31st highest crime rate of 82 local areas in Canonbury , and the 229th 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 Sherborne Street (N1 3FJ) in the last 12 months was 157.1 per 1,000 residents and was 29.7% 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 22 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Theft from the person ( 150.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 23 (≈ 82.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -23.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -51.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Sherborne Street (N1 3FJ), 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 | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Canal Walk | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | New North Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | New North Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | New North Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | New North Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Canal Walk | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Canal Walk | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Canal Walk | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Canal Walk | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | New North Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Canal Walk | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Park Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Sherborne Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Sherborne Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Elmore Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Yeate Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Imber Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | New North Road | Under investigation |
| 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 | Theft from the person | Bracklyn Street | 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 | Other theft | Elizabeth Avenue | Under investigation |
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