Total Crime Rate
130.3 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Highbury Grange area has the 42nd lowest crime rate of 91 local areas in Arsenal , and the 249th lowest 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 Highbury Grange (N5 2PX) in the last 12 months was 130.3 per 1,000 residents and was 4.5% higher than the Arsenal average (124.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 6 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 400.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 8 (≈ 33.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 300.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 60.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Highbury Grange (N5 2PX), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Aberdeen Park, where police recorded 43 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Birchmore Walk (14 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Stradbroke Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Kelvin Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Birchmore Walk | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Birchmore Walk | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Highbury Grange | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Kelvin Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Kelvin Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Birchmore Walk | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Northolme Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Kelvin Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Kelvin Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Further/Higher Educational Building | — |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Further/Higher Educational Building | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Further/Higher Educational Building | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Birchmore Walk | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Kelvin Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Highbury Grange | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Loxford Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Highbury Grange | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hamilton Park | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Stradbroke Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Aberdeen Park | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Aberdeen Park | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Stradbroke Road | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Stradbroke Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | De Barowe Mews | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | De Barowe Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Highbury New Park | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Balfour Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Rosa Alba Mews | Under investigation |
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