Total Crime Rate

78.2 per 1,000 7/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

41.0 per 1,000 7/10 · High

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 78.2 7/10
  • Violent crimes 41.0 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 24.2 6/10
  • Theft from the person 14.9 9/10
  • Public order 13.0 8/10
  • Drugs 5.6 6/10
  • Burglary 3.7 4/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.7 3/10
  • Robbery 3.7 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.7 4/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 1.9 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 1.9 1/10
  • Other crime 1.9 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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 3rd lowest crime rate of 18 local areas in Mildmay , and the 112th lowest crime rate of 506 local areas in Islington .

This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Ferntower Road (N5 2JG) in the last 12 months was 78.2 per 1,000 residents and was 19.6% lower than the Mildmay average (97.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Bicycle theft ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 22 (≈ 41.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 29.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -82.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Ferntower Road (N5 2JG), 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 2026Burglary Church Walk Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Drugs Newington Green Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Robbery Leconfield Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Leconfield Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Pyrland Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Howard Road
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Pyrland Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Poet'S Road
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Poet'S Road
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Lavell Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Howard Road
Apr 2026Drugs Newington Green Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Mildmay Grove South Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Mildmay Grove South Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Burglary Mildmay Grove South Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Mildmay Grove South
Apr 2026Drugs Newington Green Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Lidfield Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Auriga Mews Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Petherton Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Ferntower Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Mildmay Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Theft from the person Watson Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Springdale Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Theft from the person Springdale Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Robbery Springdale Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Lidfield Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Lidfield Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Lidfield Road
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Watson Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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