Total Crime Rate
44.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
25.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Cumming Street area has the 20th lowest crime rate of 138 local areas in Barnsbury , and the 49th lowest crime rate of 506 local areas in Islington .
At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Cumming Street (N1 9JA) in the last 12 months was 44.4 per 1,000 residents and was 78.6% lower than the Barnsbury average (208.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 6 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 7 (≈ 25.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -22.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -88.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Cumming Street (N1 9JA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 128 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Hermes Street (38 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Caledonian| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cumming Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Rodney Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Thornhill Bridge Wharf | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hermes Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hermes Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hermes Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Calshot Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Calshot Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Calshot Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hermes Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hermes Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hermes Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Acton Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Hermes Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Swinton Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Collier Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Cumming Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Swinton Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Swinton Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Rodney Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Leeke Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Leeke Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Leeke Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Leeke Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hermes Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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