Crime Rates at Poets Road, London, N5 2SL

Poets Road area has the 10th highest crime rate of 21 local areas in Mildmay , and the 175th 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 Poets Road (N5 2SL) in the last 12 months was 97.9 per 1,000 residents and was 4.1% higher than the Mildmay average (94.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Other theft with 4 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 4 (≈ 20.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 33.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -63.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Poets Road (N5 2SL), 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.