Total Crime Rate

110.8 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

40.5 per 1,000 7/10 · High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 110.8 8/10
  • Violent crimes 40.5 7/10
  • Theft from the person 29.7 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 27.0 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 13.5 9/10
  • Burglary 10.8 9/10
  • Drugs 5.4 6/10
  • Other theft 5.4 5/10
  • Public order 5.4 5/10
  • Robbery 5.4 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 2.7 2/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 2.7 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.7 2/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Plimsoll 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 2EE) 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 2EE), 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.

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Crime Over Time in Plimsoll Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/69)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Other theft Monsell Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Hurlock Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Hurlock Street —
Apr 2026Public order Hurlock Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Hurlock Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Theft from the person Hurlock Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Hurlock Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Hurlock Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Chatterton Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Finsbury Park Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Hurlock Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Gillespie Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Elphinstone Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Elphinstone Street —
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Ambler Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Elwood Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Chatterton Mews —
Apr 2026Other theft Finsbury Park Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Theft from the person Finsbury Park Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Burglary Prah Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Robbery Rumsey Mews Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Theft from the person Vivian Comma Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Monsell Road —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Elwood Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Tannington Terrace Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Elwood Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Prah Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Further/Higher Educational Building Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order Further/Higher Educational Building Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Theft from the person Tannington Terrace Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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