Total Crime Rate

130.3 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 130.3 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 25.2 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 21.0 10/10
  • Drugs 16.8 9/10
  • Other theft 16.8 9/10
  • Robbery 16.8 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 12.6 3/10
  • Theft from the person 8.4 8/10
  • Burglary 4.2 5/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 4.2 4/10
  • Public order 4.2 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Highbury 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.

Crime Over Time in Highbury Grange area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Drugs Stradbroke Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Kelvin Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Birchmore Walk
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Birchmore Walk Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Highbury Grange Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Kelvin Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Kelvin Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Birchmore Walk Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Northolme Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Kelvin Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Kelvin Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Further/Higher Educational Building
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Further/Higher Educational Building Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Further/Higher Educational Building Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Birchmore Walk Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Kelvin Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Highbury Grange Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Loxford Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Highbury Grange Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hamilton Park Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Stradbroke Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Aberdeen Park Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Aberdeen Park Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Stradbroke Road Local resolution
Sep 2025Drugs Stradbroke Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order De Barowe Mews Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person De Barowe Mews Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Highbury New Park Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Balfour Road
Sep 2025Robbery Rosa Alba Mews Under investigation

Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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