Total Crime Rate
146.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
27.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Ferntower 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.
View Crime In Mildmay| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Beresford Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ferntower Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Lidfield Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Bridge Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Grosvenor Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Beresford Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Beresford Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Beresford Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Beresford Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Grosvenor Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Bingham Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Poet'S Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Poet'S Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Leconfield Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Leconfield Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Petherton Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Ferntower Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Hedley Row | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Ferntower Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Church Walk | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Springdale Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Springdale Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Springdale Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Springdale Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Church Walk | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Ferntower Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Ferntower Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mildmay Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Mildmay Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Mildmay Avenue | Under investigation |
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