Total Crime Rate
170.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
52.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Blackstock 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 Blackstock Road (N5 1EG) 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 Blackstock Road (N5 1EG), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Blackstock Road, where police recorded 54 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Queen'S Drive (19 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Arsenal| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Brownswood Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Blackstock Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Elwood Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chatterton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Chatterton Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Riversdale Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chatterton Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Mountgrove Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Mountgrove Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Finsbury Park Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Finsbury Park Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Finsbury Park 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 | Anti-social behaviour | Brownswood Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Canning Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Brownswood Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Brownswood Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Aubert Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Wyatt Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Rumsey Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Brownswood Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Wyatt Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Wyatt Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Brownswood Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Vivian Comma Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Vivian Comma Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Elwood Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Loxford Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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