Total Crime Rate

84.7 per 1,000 7/10 · High

All offences · Nov 2024 - Oct 2025

Violent Crime Rate

58.2 per 1,000 8/10 · High

Nov 2024 - Oct 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 84.7 7/10
  • Violent crimes 58.2 8/10
  • Public order 31.8 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 26.5 6/10
  • Theft from the person 15.9 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 5.3 4/10
  • Other theft 5.3 5/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Nov 2024 - Oct 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Blackstock Road area has the 8th lowest crime rate of 27 local areas in Highbury , and the 148th lowest crime rate of 530 local areas in Islington .

At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Blackstock Road (N5 1ER) in the last 12 months was 84.7 per 1,000 residents and was 12.9% lower than the Highbury average (97.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Public order with 6 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violent crimes ( 266.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 11 (≈ 58.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 266.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -23.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Blackstock Road (N5 1ER), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Gallia Road, where police recorded 52 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Highbury Terrace (22 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Blackstock Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/56)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Oct 2025Violence and sexual offences Loxford Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Oct 2025Drugs Hamilton Park Local resolution
Oct 2025Anti-social behaviour Legard Road —
Oct 2025Drugs Legard Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Oct 2025Other theft Legard Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Oct 2025Violence and sexual offences Legard Road Under investigation
Oct 2025Criminal damage and arson Baalbec Road Under investigation
Oct 2025Drugs Hamilton Park Under investigation
Oct 2025Public order Loxford Gardens Under investigation
Oct 2025Violence and sexual offences De Barowe Mews Under investigation
Oct 2025Theft from the person Loxford Gardens Under investigation
Oct 2025Vehicle crime Loxford Gardens Under investigation
Oct 2025Vehicle crime Loxford Gardens Under investigation
Oct 2025Vehicle crime Highbury Grange Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Oct 2025Drugs Highbury Grange Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Oct 2025Drugs Highbury Grange Unable to prosecute suspect
Oct 2025Anti-social behaviour Legard Road —
Oct 2025Public order De Barowe Mews Under investigation
Oct 2025Anti-social behaviour Highbury Grange —
Oct 2025Bicycle theft Roseleigh Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Oct 2025Drugs Elphinstone Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Oct 2025Vehicle crime Elphinstone Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Oct 2025Violence and sexual offences Elphinstone Street Under investigation
Oct 2025Anti-social behaviour Roseleigh Avenue —
Oct 2025Anti-social behaviour Roseleigh Avenue —
Oct 2025Anti-social behaviour Roseleigh Avenue —
Oct 2025Criminal damage and arson Roseleigh Avenue Under investigation
Oct 2025Anti-social behaviour Lucerne Road —
Oct 2025Criminal damage and arson Roseleigh Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Oct 2025Public order Roseleigh Avenue Under investigation
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Data Sources

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