Total Crime Rate
328.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
146.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Holloway Road area has the 11th highest crime rate of 43 local areas in Junction , and the 75th 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 Holloway Road (N19 4DJ) in the last 12 months was 328.2 per 1,000 residents and was 19.4% higher than the Junction average (274.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 25 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 92.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -40.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 38 (≈ 146.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 46.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -24.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Holloway Road (N19 4DJ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Criterion Mews, where police recorded 198 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Tavistock Mews (47 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Junction| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Upper Holloway | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Wedmore Mews | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Marlborough Yard | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Marlborough Yard | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Mowatt Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Fairbridge Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Turpin Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Turpin Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Davenant Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Davenant Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St John'S Villas | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St John'S Villas | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Wedmore Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Zoffany Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Wedmore Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Wedmore Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Wedmore Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Wedmore Mews | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Wedmore Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Tavistock Mews | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Tavistock Mews | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Elthorne Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Criterion Mews | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Elthorne Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Zoffany Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hampden Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Wedmore Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Criterion Mews | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Criterion Mews | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Criterion Mews | Under investigation |
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