Total Crime Rate
110.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
40.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Plimsoll Road area has the 30th lowest crime rate of 87 local areas in Arsenal , and the 183rd lowest crime rate of 506 local areas in Islington .
Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.
The overall crime rate in the area around Plimsoll Road (N4 2EB) in the last 12 months was 110.8 per 1,000 residents and was 9.7% lower than the Arsenal average (122.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Theft from the person with 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -60.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 15 (≈ 40.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 7.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -53.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Plimsoll Road (N4 2EB), 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 Quill Street (20 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Arsenal| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Elwood Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Prah Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hurlock Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hurlock Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hurlock Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hurlock Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Blackstock Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Blackstock Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Blackstock Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Chatterton Mews | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Prah Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Hurlock Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Blackstock Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Chatterton Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Chatterton Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Chatterton Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Chatterton Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Tannington Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Tannington Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Chatterton Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chatterton Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Hurlock Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Hurlock Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Finsbury Park Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Rumsey Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Monsell Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Monsell Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Avenell Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Elwood Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Elwood Street | Under investigation |
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