Total Crime Rate
131.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
31.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Dove Road area has the 39th lowest crime rate of 82 local areas in Canonbury , and the 231st 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 Dove Road (N1 3PL) in the last 12 months was 131.8 per 1,000 residents and was 8.8% 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 12 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). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 8 (≈ 31.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 33.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -60.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Dove Road (N1 3PL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Beresford Road, where police recorded 60 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 | Theft from the person | Bingham Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Mildmay Grove South | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Mildmay Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Mildmay Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mildmay Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mildmay Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Northampton Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Northampton Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Woodford Mews | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Mildmay Park | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Wall Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Mildmay Grove South | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Mildmay Grove South | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mildmay Grove South | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Dove Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Northchurch Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Baxter Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ramsey Walk | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rona Walk | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Tilney Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Oakley Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Haliday Walk | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Beresford Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Wakeham Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Wakeham Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Newington Green Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Beresford Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Beresford Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Beresford Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Beresford Road | Under investigation |
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