Total Crime Rate
205.3 per 1,000
All offences Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Hurlock Street area has the 29th highest crime rate of 91 local areas in Arsenal , and the 167th highest crime rate of 530 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 Hurlock Street (N5 1EQ) in the last 12 months was 205.3 per 1,000 residents and was 64.7% higher than the Arsenal average (124.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this areaβs most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 26 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -28.6% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 17 (β 49.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 88.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -56.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Hurlock Street (N5 1EQ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Blackstock Road, where police recorded 56 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Elwood Street (21 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Legard Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Brownswood Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Mountgrove Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Elwood Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Elwood Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Elwood Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Elwood Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Elwood Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Brownswood Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | King'S Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Mountgrove Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Century Mews | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Conewood Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Legard Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Chatterton Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Highbury Quadrant | β |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Highbury Quadrant | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Highbury Quadrant | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Lucerne Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Mountgrove Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Elphinstone Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Chatterton Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Vale Row | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Vale Row | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Vale Row | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Loxford Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Chatterton Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Chatterton Mews | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Chatterton Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Chatterton Mews | β |
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