Total Crime Rate
279.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
76.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Lodge Mews area has the 21st highest crime rate of 87 local areas in Arsenal , and the 107th highest crime rate of 506 local areas in Islington .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Lodge Mews (N5 2BD) in the last 12 months was 279.7 per 1,000 residents and was 127.8% higher than the Arsenal average (122.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 350.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Bicycle theft ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 18 (≈ 76.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -5.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -50.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Lodge Mews (N5 2BD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Petherton Road, where police recorded 53 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Beresford Terrace (21 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Highbury| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Highbury New Park | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Highbury Grange | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Highbury New Park | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Kelvin Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Kelvin Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Kelvin Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Petherton Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Highbury New Park | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Seaforth Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Seaforth Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Seaforth Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Seaforth Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Seaforth Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Seaforth Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Seaforth Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Seaforth Crescent | Offender given a caution |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Seaforth Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Melody Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Holmcote Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Stradbroke Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Balfour Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Balfour Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Aberdeen Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Aberdeen Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Aberdeen Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Holmcote Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Seaforth Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Holmcote Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Holmcote Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Holmcote Gardens | — |
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