Total Crime Rate

82.7 per 1,000 7/10 Β· High

All offences Β· 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 82.7 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 32.4 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 25.2 10/10
  • Bicycle theft 7.2 8/10
  • Theft from the person 7.2 8/10
  • Burglary 3.6 4/10
  • Other theft 3.6 3/10
  • Robbery 3.6 5/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 Β· Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Arlington Avenue area has the 24th lowest crime rate of 87 local areas in Canonbury , and the 140th lowest crime rate of 530 local areas in Islington .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Arlington Avenue (N1 7BA) in the last 12 months was 82.7 per 1,000 residents and was 30.8% lower 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 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 133.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -30.8% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 1 (β‰ˆ 3.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -50.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -51.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Arlington Avenue (N1 7BA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Wharf Road, where police recorded 72 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near New North Road (22 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

Crime Over Time in Arlington Avenue area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Theft from the person Ann Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Shepherdess Walk Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Dame Street β€”
Sep 2025Burglary Wharf Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Packington Square β€”
Sep 2025Theft from the person Packington Square Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rector Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ann Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Alford Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary Alford Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Coleman Fields Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Shepherdess Walk Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Shepherdess Walk β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Baldwin Terrace β€”
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences James Morgan Mews Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Prestwood Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Prestwood Street β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Union Square β€”
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wharf Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wharf Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Union Square Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Hanbury Mews Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hanbury Mews Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Arlington Avenue β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Dame Street β€”
Sep 2025Theft from the person Baldwin Terrace Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Provence Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Robbery Basire Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Ridgewell Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Ridgewell Close Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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