Total Crime Rate
195.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
87.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Claremont Close area has the 40th highest crime rate of 138 local areas in Barnsbury , and the 178th highest 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 Claremont Close (N1 9LU) in the last 12 months was 195.8 per 1,000 residents and was 5.9% 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 15 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 2 cases , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Bicycle theft ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 21 (≈ 87.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -4.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -52.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Claremont Close (N1 9LU), the main crime hotspot is near Grant Street. Police recorded 307 crimes here, including 205 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Clerkenwell| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Myddelton Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Lloyd'S Row | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Lloyd'S Row | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Lloyd'S Row | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Lloyd'S Row | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | 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 |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Lloyd'S Row | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Lloyd'S Row | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Lloyd'S Row | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | 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 | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Shopping Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Shopping Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Lloyd'S Row | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Lloyd'S Row | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Garnault Place | — |
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