Total Crime Rate
119.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
52.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Northchurch Road area has the 35th lowest crime rate of 82 local areas in Canonbury , and the 201st lowest 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 Northchurch Road (N1 3NY) in the last 12 months was 119.8 per 1,000 residents and was 1.1% lower 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 8 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 52.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 100.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -21.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Northchurch Road (N1 3NY), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Mitchison Road, where police recorded 38 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Wall Street (20 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Canonbury| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Wall Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Cleveland Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Tilney Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Wakeham Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Wakeham Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Southgate Grove | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Sherborne Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Sherborne Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Southgate Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cleveland Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cleveland Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cleveland Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cleveland Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Cleveland Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Cleveland Road | Under investigation |
| 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 | Northchurch Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Baxter Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Yeate Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Kelvedon Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Southgate Grove | — |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Southgate Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Almorah Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Ufton Grove | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Ufton Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Ufton Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Almorah Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Almorah Road | Under investigation |
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