Total Crime Rate

117.0 per 1,000 8/10 Β· High

All offences Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 117.0 8/10
  • Theft from the person 29.2 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 20.5 5/10
  • Robbery 14.6 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 11.7 8/10
  • Drugs 8.8 8/10
  • Other theft 8.8 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 5.9 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 5.9 8/10
  • Burglary 5.9 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 5.9 5/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 Β· Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Highbury 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 area’s 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‰ˆ 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.

Crime Over Time in Highbury New Park area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Holmcote Gardens β€”
Sep 2025Burglary Highbury New Park Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Springdale Road β€”
Sep 2025Theft from the person Beresford Terrace Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Petherton Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Petherton Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Petherton Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Petherton Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Petherton Road β€”
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wallace Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Springdale Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Wallace Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Wallace Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Wallace Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Wallace Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Stradbroke Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Stradbroke Road Local resolution
Sep 2025Drugs Stradbroke Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Springdale Road β€”
Sep 2025Public order Springdale Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Balfour Road β€”
Sep 2025Theft from the person Grosvenor Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Northampton Park Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Ferntower Road β€”
Sep 2025Burglary Ferntower Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Ferntower Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Ferntower Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Grosvenor Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Grosvenor Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Grosvenor Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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