Total Crime Rate
451.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
179.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Hilldrop Crescent area has the highest crime rate of 16 local areas in Holloway , and the 52nd highest crime rate of 506 local areas in Islington .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Hilldrop Crescent (N7 0JD) in the last 12 months was 451.8 per 1,000 residents and was 202.0% higher than the Holloway average (149.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 63 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 2 cases , down -33.3% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 150.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 82 (≈ 179.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 32.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -38.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Hilldrop Crescent (N7 0JD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Camden Road, where police recorded 83 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Hilldrop Road (35 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Tufnell Park| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Camden Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Theatre/Concert Hall | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Camden Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Brecknock Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Camden Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Camden Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Camden Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Camden Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Camden Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Camden Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Hilldrop Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Dalmeny Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Hilldrop Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Hilldrop Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hilldrop Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Charlton King'S Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hilldrop Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pleshey Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Pleshey Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Rowstock Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Rowstock Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Hilldrop Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hilldrop Crescent | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tansley Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Camden Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Camden Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Camden Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Torriano Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Torriano Mews | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Hilldrop Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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