Total Crime Rate
170.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
52.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Chatterton Road area has the 39th highest crime rate of 87 local areas in Arsenal , and the 207th highest crime rate of 506 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 Chatterton Road (N4 2EA) in the last 12 months was 170.1 per 1,000 residents and was 38.6% higher than the Arsenal average (122.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 17 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 60.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Theft from the person ( -57.1% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 18 (≈ 52.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 20.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -75.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Chatterton Road (N4 2EA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Further/Higher Educational Building, where police recorded 70 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Joseph Close (22 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Arsenal| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Vale Row | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Further/Higher Educational Building | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Finsbury Park Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Finsbury Park Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Further/Higher Educational Building | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Further/Higher Educational Building | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Finsbury Park Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Romilly Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Blackstock Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Blackstock Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Blackstock Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Chatterton Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Chatterton Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Chatterton Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Chatterton Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Ambler Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Romilly Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Chatterton Mews | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Monsell Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Chapman Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Loxford Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Avenell Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Avenell Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chapman Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Monsell Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Somerfield Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chatterton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Gillespie Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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