Total Crime Rate

145.7 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 145.7 9/10
  • Other theft 23.2 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 23.2 5/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 19.9 9/10
  • Public order 19.9 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 16.6 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 13.3 6/10
  • Theft from the person 13.3 9/10
  • Burglary 6.6 7/10
  • Drugs 6.6 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.3 4/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Mercers Road area has the 23rd lowest crime rate of 46 local areas in Junction , and the 252nd 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 Mercers Road (N19 4PP) in the last 12 months was 145.7 per 1,000 residents and was 46.2% lower than the Junction average (271.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Other theft with 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 133.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 13 (≈ 43.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 225.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -31.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Mercers Road (N19 4PP), the main crime hotspot is near Tavistock Mews. Police recorded 177 crimes here, including 39 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

Crime Over Time in Mercers Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Bakers Field Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Bardolph Road —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Tufnell Park Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Crayford Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Wedmore Mews —
Sep 2025Other theft Wedmore Mews Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Wedmore Mews Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Bardolph Road —
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Gatcombe Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Wedmore Mews Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Wedmore Mews Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bardolph Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Tufnell Park Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Wedmore Mews Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Wedmore Mews Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Wedmore Mews Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Wedmore Mews Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Wedmore Mews Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wedmore Mews Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wedmore Mews Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Fairmead Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Fairmead Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Tufnell Park Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Tufnell Park Road —
Sep 2025Burglary Carleton Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Dalmeny Road —
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Tavistock Mews Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Tavistock Mews Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Tavistock Mews Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Tavistock Mews Under investigation

Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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