Total Crime Rate
117.0 per 1,000
All offences Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Highbury New Park area has the 9th highest crime rate of 21 local areas in Mildmay , and the 222nd lowest 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 New Park (N5 2DJ) in the last 12 months was 117.0 per 1,000 residents and was 24.3% higher than the Mildmay average (94.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this areaβs most reported crimes were Theft from the person with 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 2 cases , unchanged from 2025. Overall, crime levels by type were broadly flat compared to 2025, with no category showing a clear year-on-year rise or fall.
Violent crimes totalled 12 (β 35.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ).
In the area around Highbury New Park (N5 2DJ), 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 | Anti-social behaviour | Holmcote Gardens | β |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Highbury New Park | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Springdale Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Beresford Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Petherton Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Petherton Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Petherton Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Petherton Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Petherton Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wallace Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Springdale Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Wallace Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Wallace Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Wallace Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Wallace Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Stradbroke Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Stradbroke Road | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Stradbroke Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Springdale Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Springdale Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Balfour Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Grosvenor Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Northampton Park | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Ferntower Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Ferntower Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Ferntower Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Ferntower Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | 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 |
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