Total Crime Rate
270.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
78.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Gerrard Road area has the 24th highest crime rate of 138 local areas in Barnsbury , and the 111th highest crime rate of 506 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 Gerrard Road (N1 8AZ) in the last 12 months was 270.8 per 1,000 residents and was 30.1% higher than the Barnsbury average (208.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 18 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 40.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Robbery ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 15 (≈ 78.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -17.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Gerrard Road (N1 8AZ), 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Devonia Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Collins Yard | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hall Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hall Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Collins Yard | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Collins Yard | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Collins Yard | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Collins Yard | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Collins Yard | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Collins Yard | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Collins Yard | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hall Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Collins Yard | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Collins Yard | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Collins Yard | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Collins Yard | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Collins Yard | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Collins Yard | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Collins Yard | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Collins Yard | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Collins Yard | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hall Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Hall Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Collins Yard | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Colebrooke Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Islington Green | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Islington Green | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Devonia Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Devonia Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | City Road | — |
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