Total Crime Rate

114.9 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 114.9 8/10
  • Drugs 21.5 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 21.5 5/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 18.0 7/10
  • Theft from the person 14.4 9/10
  • Robbery 10.8 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 5.4 4/10
  • Other theft 5.4 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 5.4 5/10
  • Burglary 3.6 4/10
  • Other crime 3.6 5/10
  • Shoplifting 3.6 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 1.8 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 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

Camden Road area has the 65th lowest crime rate of 140 local areas in Barnsbury , and the 216th lowest crime rate of 530 local areas in Islington .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Camden Road (N7 0BJ) in the last 12 months was 114.9 per 1,000 residents and was 43.2% lower than the Barnsbury average (202.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -75.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 18 (≈ 32.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -43.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -34.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Camden Road (N7 0BJ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Camden Road, where police recorded 88 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Chris Pullen Way (24 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

Crime Over Time in Camden Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences New Clock Tower Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Hampshire Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order North Villas Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime North Villas Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences North Villas Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Hargrave Place
Sep 2025Burglary Hargrave Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Hargrave Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cliff Villas Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Cliff Villas Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Cliff Villas Under investigation
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Cliff Villas Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Drovers Way
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Drovers Way
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hampshire Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson North Villas Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hampshire Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Cliff Villas Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Cliff Villas
Sep 2025Burglary Tansley Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences New Clock Tower Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Camden Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Camden Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Camden Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Camden Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Chris Pullen Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Chris Pullen Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Charlton King'S Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Charlton King'S Road
Sep 2025Public order North Villas Under investigation

Data Sources

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