Total Crime Rate
169.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
44.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Colebrooke Row area has the 44th highest crime rate of 138 local areas in Barnsbury , and the 209th highest crime rate of 506 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 Colebrooke Row (N1 8AF) in the last 12 months was 169.5 per 1,000 residents and was 18.6% lower than the Barnsbury average (208.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Other theft with 8 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -40.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 13 (≈ 44.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -7.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -11.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Colebrooke Row (N1 8AF), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Collins Yard, where police recorded 194 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Camden Walk (46 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In St Peter's & Canalside| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Elia Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Theatre/Concert Hall | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Theatre/Concert Hall | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Theatre/Concert Hall | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Theatre/Concert Hall | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Theatre/Concert Hall | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Theatre/Concert Hall | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Theatre/Concert Hall | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Theatre/Concert Hall | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Theatre/Concert Hall | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Theatre/Concert Hall | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Windsor Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Theatre/Concert Hall | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Rocliffe Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Rocliffe Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Danbury Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nelson Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Noel Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Rocliffe Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Collins Yard | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Grantbridge Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Windsor Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Collins Yard | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Theatre/Concert Hall | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Theatre/Concert Hall | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Upper Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Islington Green | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Shalford Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Upper Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Horse Yard | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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