Total Crime Rate

179.9 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 179.9 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 42.3 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 39.7 7/10
  • Shoplifting 34.4 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 13.2 8/10
  • Drugs 10.6 8/10
  • Public order 10.6 7/10
  • Burglary 7.9 8/10
  • Robbery 7.9 8/10
  • Theft from the person 5.3 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 2.7 2/10
  • Other theft 2.7 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 2.7 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Rotherfield Street area has the 24th highest crime rate of 87 local areas in Canonbury , and the 200th highest crime rate of 530 local areas in Islington .

The streets immediately around this postcode mostly have high or very high crime levels, and on average the bordering areas are much more affected by crime than this postcode itself.

The overall crime rate in the area around Rotherfield Street (N1 3RD) in the last 12 months was 179.9 per 1,000 residents and was 50.5% higher than the Canonbury average (119.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 16 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 150.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 22 (≈ 58.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 120.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -40.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Rotherfield Street (N1 3RD), the main crime hotspot is near Essex Road. Police recorded 116 crimes here, including 37 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

Crime Over Time in Rotherfield Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Public order Queensbury Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Melville Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Ridgewell Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Robbery Ridgewell Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Northampton Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Rotherfield Street
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Rotherfield Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Rotherfield Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Coleman Fields Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Melville Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Coleman Fields Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Hedingham Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Rotherfield Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Rotherfield Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Queensbury Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rotherfield Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour St Philip'S Way
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rotherfield Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ashby Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Basire Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Essex Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Nightingale Road
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Basire Street
Sep 2025Robbery Essex Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ecclesbourne Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Queensbury Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Queensbury Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Queensbury Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Queensbury Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Queensbury Street Under investigation

Data Sources

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