Total Crime Rate
164.6 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Highbury Estate area has the 6th highest crime rate of 21 local areas in Mildmay , and the 220th highest crime rate of 530 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 Highbury Estate (N5 2DG) in the last 12 months was 164.6 per 1,000 residents and was 75.0% higher than the Mildmay average (94.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 18 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 800.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 20 (≈ 41.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 42.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 20.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Highbury Estate (N5 2DG), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Grosvenor Avenue, where police recorded 92 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Beresford Road (24 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Canonbury | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Canonbury | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Grosvenor Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Highbury New Park | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Grosvenor Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Grosvenor Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Grosvenor Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Grosvenor Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Grosvenor Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Grosvenor Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Grosvenor Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Grosvenor Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lismore Walk | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Petherton Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Stradbroke Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Petherton Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Petherton Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Petherton Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Petherton Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Petherton Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Aberdeen Park | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Aberdeen Park | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Northampton Park | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Ferntower Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Ferntower Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Ferntower Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Ferntower Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Holmcote Gardens | — |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Grosvenor Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Stradbroke Road | Local resolution |
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