Total Crime Rate
535.6 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Pentonville Road area has the 10th highest crime rate of 140 local areas in Barnsbury , and the 38th highest crime rate of 530 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 Pentonville Road (N1 9JB) in the last 12 months was 535.6 per 1,000 residents and was 164.6% higher than the Barnsbury average (202.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 46 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -57.1% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 64 (≈ 182.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 12.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 66.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Pentonville Road (N1 9JB), the main crime hotspot is near Grant Street. Police recorded 274 crimes here, including 204 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | White Conduit Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Grant Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hermes Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hermes Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hermes Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Grant Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Grant Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Further/Higher Educational Building | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Further/Higher Educational Building | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Vernon Square | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | White Conduit Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | White Conduit Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Grant Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Grant Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Eckford Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Eckford Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Eckford Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Maygood Street | Offender given penalty notice |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Vernon Square | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Nightclub | — |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Naoroji Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Naoroji Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Nightclub | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wharton Street | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Wharton Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Nightclub | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Muriel Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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