Total Crime Rate
172.0 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025The 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.
View Crime In Canonbury| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Wilton Villas | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Popham Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Halliford Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Hanbury Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | New North Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Elizabeth Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Essex Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Bishop Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bishop Street | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bishop Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Popham Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hanbury Mews | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Union Square | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Union Square | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Basire Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Ridgewell Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Raynor Place | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Coleman Fields | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Coleman Fields | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | James Morgan Mews | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Hedingham Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Halliford Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Queensbury Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Basire Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Rees Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Arlington Avenue | — |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Arlington Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Eagle Wharf Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ecclesbourne Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Packington Square | — |
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