Total Crime Rate

205.9 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 205.9 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 88.2 10/10
  • Public order 24.5 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 19.6 7/10
  • Other theft 19.6 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 19.6 10/10
  • Burglary 9.8 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 9.8 7/10
  • Drugs 9.8 8/10
  • Robbery 4.9 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Ward Road area has the 22nd highest crime rate of 46 local areas in Junction , and the 165th highest crime rate of 530 local areas in Islington .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Ward Road (N19 5ED) in the last 12 months was 205.9 per 1,000 residents and was 24.0% lower than the Junction average (271.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 18 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 24 (≈ 117.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 20.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has flat ( -0.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Ward Road (N19 5ED), the main crime hotspot is near Tufnell Park. Police recorded 66 crimes here, including 30 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Ward Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Burglary Manorfield Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Churchill Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Huddleston Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Ward Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Warrender Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Cathcart Hill Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Cathcart Hill Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cathcart Hill Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cathcart Hill Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Pemberton Terrace Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Littlefield Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Littlefield Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Littlefield Close —
Sep 2025Public order Goddard Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Churchill Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Poynings Road —
Sep 2025Other theft Tremlett Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Manorfield Close —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bishop'S Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Tufnell Park Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Tufnell Park Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Tufnell Park Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Tufnell Park Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Tufnell Park Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Tufnell Park —
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Sports/Recreation Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Theatre/Concert Hall Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Theatre/Concert Hall Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Theatre/Concert Hall Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Theatre/Concert Hall Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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