Total Crime Rate
141.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
7.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Noel Road area has the 61st highest crime rate of 138 local areas in Barnsbury , and the 246th lowest crime rate of 506 local areas in Islington .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Noel Road (N1 8HA) in the last 12 months was 141.8 per 1,000 residents and was 31.9% 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 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Robbery ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 2 (≈ 7.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -60.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 76.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Noel Road (N1 8HA), 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 | City Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Collins Yard | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| 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 | Shoplifting | Collins Yard | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Collins Yard | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Collins Yard | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hall Street | — |
| 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 | 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 | Collins Yard | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hall Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Collins Yard | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Sidney Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Islington Green | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Islington Green | 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Islington Green | Under investigation |
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