Total Crime Rate
193.3 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Century Mews area has the 35th highest crime rate of 91 local areas in Arsenal , and the 180th 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 Century Mews (N5 1HY) in the last 12 months was 193.3 per 1,000 residents and was 55.0% higher than the Arsenal average (124.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 45 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 22 (≈ 43.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -25.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Century Mews (N5 1HY), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Chatterton Mews, where police recorded 55 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 | Burglary | Hamilton Park West | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Canning Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Avenell Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Rumsey Mews | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Rumsey Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Canning Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Canning Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Elwood Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Elwood Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Elwood Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Elwood Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Elwood Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Leigh Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Rumsey Mews | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Jack Walker Court | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Conewood Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Plimsoll Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | De Barowe Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Lucerne Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | De Barowe Mews | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Gillespie Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Canning Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Rosa Alba Mews | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Hurlock Street | 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 | Burglary | Chatterton Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Chatterton Mews | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Century Mews | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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