Total Crime Rate
145.7 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Mercers 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.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Bakers Field | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Bardolph Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Tufnell Park Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Crayford Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Wedmore Mews | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Wedmore Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Wedmore Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Bardolph Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Gatcombe Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Wedmore Mews | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Wedmore Mews | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bardolph Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Tufnell Park Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Wedmore Mews | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Wedmore Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Wedmore Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Wedmore Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Wedmore Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wedmore Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wedmore Mews | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Fairmead Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Fairmead Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Tufnell Park Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Tufnell Park Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Carleton Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Dalmeny Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Tavistock Mews | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Tavistock Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Tavistock Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Tavistock Mews | Under investigation |
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