Total Crime Rate
351.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
80.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Packington Street area has the 16th highest crime rate of 138 local areas in Barnsbury , and the 67th highest crime rate of 506 local areas in Islington .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Packington Street (N1 8RA) in the last 12 months was 351.7 per 1,000 residents and was 69.0% 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 Robbery with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 19 (≈ 80.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 5.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -58.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Packington Street (N1 8RA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Collins Yard, where police recorded 194 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Horse Yard (29 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In St Mary's & St James'| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hawes Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Upper Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Upper Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Upper Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Upper Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Upper Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Gaskin Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Gaskin Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Florence Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Florence Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Florence Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | St Mary'S Path | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gerrard Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gerrard Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Dagmar Passage | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Dame Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Packington Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Elliott'S Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Upper Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Britannia Row | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Elliott'S Place | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Collins Yard | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Collins Yard | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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