Total Crime Rate

172.0 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 172.0 9/10
  • Drugs 57.3 10/10
  • Other theft 22.3 10/10
  • Theft from the person 22.3 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 15.9 7/10
  • Burglary 15.9 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 12.7 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 9.6 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 6.4 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.2 2/10
  • Public order 3.2 2/10
  • Shoplifting 3.2 2/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 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

The Mews area has the 27th highest crime rate of 87 local areas in Canonbury , and the 214th highest crime rate of 530 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 The Mews (N1 7AZ) in the last 12 months was 172.0 per 1,000 residents and was 43.9% higher than the Canonbury average (119.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Drugs with 18 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 4 (≈ 12.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -33.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 50.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around The Mews (N1 7AZ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 50 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Hullbridge Mews (23 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in The Mews area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Wilton Villas —
Sep 2025Other theft Popham Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Halliford Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Hanbury Mews Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery New North Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Elizabeth Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Essex Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Bishop Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bishop Street Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bishop Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Popham Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hanbury Mews Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Union Square Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Union Square —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Basire Street —
Sep 2025Drugs Ridgewell Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Raynor Place Local resolution
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Coleman Fields Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Coleman Fields Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences James Morgan Mews Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Hedingham Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Halliford Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Queensbury Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary Basire Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Rees Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Arlington Avenue —
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Arlington Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Eagle Wharf Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ecclesbourne Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Packington Square —

Data Sources

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