Total Crime Rate
233.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
72.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Tinniswood Close area has the 8th highest crime rate of 27 local areas in Highbury , and the 137th 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 Tinniswood Close (N5 1XS) in the last 12 months was 233.7 per 1,000 residents and was 152.7% higher than the Highbury average (92.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 14 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 2 cases , down -33.3% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 120.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 21 (≈ 72.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 10.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -63.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Tinniswood Close (N5 1XS), the main crime hotspot is near Sports/Recreation Area. Police recorded 141 crimes here, including 93 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Highbury| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Paradise Passage | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sports/Recreation Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Eastwood Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Eastwood Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Eastwood Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Eastwood Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Eastwood Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Eastwood Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Eastwood Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sports/Recreation Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sports/Recreation Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Slaney Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Queensland Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Queensland Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Queensland Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Queensland Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Palmer Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sports/Recreation Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Sports/Recreation Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Tinniswood Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Palmer Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Ringcroft Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Palmer Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Palmer Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Madras Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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