Total Crime Rate
120.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
16.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Colebrooke Row area has the 64th lowest crime rate of 138 local areas in Barnsbury , and the 202nd lowest 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 Colebrooke Row (N1 8DB) in the last 12 months was 120.1 per 1,000 residents and was 42.3% lower 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 23 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 5 (≈ 16.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -16.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -62.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Colebrooke Row (N1 8DB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Shopping Area, where police recorded 235 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 | Camden Walk | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Owen'S Row | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Owen Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Owen Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Owen Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Owen Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Sidney Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Sidney Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sidney Grove | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sidney Grove | — |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Owen'S Row | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Colebrooke Row | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Islington Green | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Islington Green | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Islington Green | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Berners Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Berners Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Berners Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Berners Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Berners Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Islington Green | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Owen Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Elia Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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