Total Crime Rate
1502.4 per 1,000
All offences Β· May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
454.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Holloway Road area has the highest crime rate of 46 local areas in Finsbury Park , and the 9th 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 Holloway Road (N7 0RN) in the last 12 months was 1502.4 per 1,000 residents and was 391.1% higher than the Finsbury Park average (305.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this areaβs most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 125 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 800.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Bicycle theft ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 94 (β 454.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -6.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 186.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Holloway Road (N7 0RN), the main crime hotspot is near Holloway Road. Police recorded 269 crimes here, including 78 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Holloway| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Quemerford Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Arthur Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Biddestone Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Biddestone Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Biddestone Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Biddestone Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Biddestone Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Further/Higher Educational Building | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Arthur Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Sturmer Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Sturmer Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Sturmer Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Bowman'S Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sturmer Way | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sturmer Way | β |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Hercules Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Hercules Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hercules Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hercules Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Widdenham Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Widdenham Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Widdenham Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Widdenham Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Widdenham Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Widdenham Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Biddestone Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Bowman'S Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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