Total Crime Rate
207.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
47.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Mitchison Road area has the 20th highest crime rate of 82 local areas in Canonbury , and the 161st highest crime rate of 506 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 Mitchison Road (N1 3NG) in the last 12 months was 207.7 per 1,000 residents and was 71.4% higher than the Canonbury average (121.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 20 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Bicycle theft ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 15 (≈ 47.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 36.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -64.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Mitchison Road (N1 3NG), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Church Road, where police recorded 74 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Mildmay Avenue (24 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Canonbury| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Clephane Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Church Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Baxter Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Southgate Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Church Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Church Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Church Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Church Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Church Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Southgate Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Church Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Church Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Church Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Church Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Kelvedon Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Wall Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Northchurch Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Southgate Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Cleveland Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Wakeham Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Ball'S Pond Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Elmore Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Elmore Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Oakley Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Tilney Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cleveland Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Wakeham Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mildmay Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Mildmay Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cleveland Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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