Total Crime Rate
1391.3 per 1,000
All offences Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Holloway Road area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 51 local areas in Finsbury Park , and the 13th highest crime rate of 530 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 Holloway Road (N7 0RN) in the last 12 months was 1391.3 per 1,000 residents and was 305.9% higher than the Finsbury Park average (342.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this areaβs most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 91 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 800.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 99 (β 478.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -5.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 298.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Holloway Road (N7 0RN), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 374 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Holloway Road (80 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Shopping Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Further/Higher Educational Building | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Hercules Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Hercules Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Hercules Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Hercules Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Holloway Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Holloway Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Windsor Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Windsor Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Windsor Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Holloway Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Holloway Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Holloway Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Hercules Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Hercules Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Widdenham Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Holloway Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Holloway Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Holloway Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Holloway Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Holloway Road | Formal action is not in the public interest |
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