Total Crime Rate
174.1 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Grosvenor Avenue area has the 26th highest crime rate of 87 local areas in Canonbury , and the 210th highest crime rate of 530 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 Grosvenor Avenue (N5 2NP) in the last 12 months was 174.1 per 1,000 residents and was 45.7% higher than the Canonbury average (119.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 16 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Theft from the person ( 125.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 20 (≈ 52.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 11.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -47.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Grosvenor Avenue (N5 2NP), 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 | Theft from the person | Wallace Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ball'S Pond Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| 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 | Anti-social behaviour | Marquess Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Marquess Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | St Paul'S Place | — |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Mildmay Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Mildmay Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Mildmay Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ball'S Pond Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Rona Walk | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ball'S Pond Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Hedley Row | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Lidfield Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Lidfield Road | — |
| 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 | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Ferntower Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Northampton Park | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Wakeham Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Grosvenor Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Wallace Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Wallace Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Wallace Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wallace Road | Under investigation |
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