Total Crime Rate
487.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
81.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Bovingdon Close area has the 8th highest crime rate of 43 local areas in Junction , and the 47th highest crime rate of 506 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 Bovingdon Close (N19 5SN) in the last 12 months was 487.5 per 1,000 residents and was 77.4% higher 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 103 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 26 (≈ 81.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 30.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -39.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Bovingdon Close (N19 5SN), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Sandridge Street, where police recorded 321 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Supermarket (62 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 | Archway | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Sandridge Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Sandridge Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Brookside Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Brookside Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Brookside Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Brookside Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Sandridge Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Sandridge Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Sandridge Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Sandridge Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Sandridge Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Sandridge Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Sandridge Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Sandridge Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Sandridge Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Sandridge Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Sandridge Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Archway | — |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Sandridge Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Archway | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Local resolution |
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