Total Crime Rate
55.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
6.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Mercers Road area has the 5th lowest crime rate of 43 local areas in Junction , and the 66th lowest crime rate of 506 local areas in Islington .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Mercers Road (N19 4PS) in the last 12 months was 55.2 per 1,000 residents and was 79.9% lower than the Junction average (274.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 6 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 2 (≈ 6.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 100.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -58.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Mercers Road (N19 4PS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Wedmore Mews, where police recorded 122 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Wedmore Street (26 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Junction| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Wedmore Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Mercers Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Wedmore Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Wedmore Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Wedmore Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Wedmore Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mercers Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Mercers Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Mercers Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Mercers Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Mercers Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Mercers Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Wedmore Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Highwood Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Carleton Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Carleton Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Carleton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Carleton Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Bakers Field | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Rupert Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tufnell Park Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Tufnell Park Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Penderyn Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Wedmore Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Tufnell Park Road | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Wedmore Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Wedmore Mews | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Wedmore Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Wedmore Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Wedmore Mews | Local resolution |
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