Total Crime Rate

146.7 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

27.0 per 1,000 5/10 · Average

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 146.7 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 61.8 10/10
  • Violent crimes 27.0 5/10
  • Drugs 27.0 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 23.2 5/10
  • Burglary 11.6 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 11.6 8/10
  • Bicycle theft 7.7 9/10
  • Robbery 3.9 5/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Ferntower Road area has the 36th highest crime rate of 82 local areas in Canonbury , and the 247th 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 Ferntower Road (N5 2JE) in the last 12 months was 146.7 per 1,000 residents and was 21.1% higher than the Canonbury average (121.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 16 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -25.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 7 (≈ 27.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 75.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -11.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Ferntower Road (N5 2JE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Newington Green, where police recorded 84 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Springdale Road (29 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Ferntower Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Other theft Beresford Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Ferntower Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Other crime Lidfield Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Bridge Gardens Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Grosvenor Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Beresford Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Beresford Road
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Beresford Road
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Beresford Road
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Grosvenor Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Theft from the person Bingham Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Poet'S Road
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Poet'S Road
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Leconfield Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Robbery Leconfield Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Petherton Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Robbery Ferntower Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Hedley Row Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Ferntower Road
Apr 2026Burglary Church Walk Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Robbery Springdale Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Theft from the person Springdale Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Springdale Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Springdale Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Robbery Church Walk Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Ferntower Road
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Ferntower Road
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Mildmay Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Public order Mildmay Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Mildmay Avenue Under investigation

Data Sources

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