Total Crime Rate

1391.3 per 1,000 10/10 Β· Very High

All offences Β· 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 1391.3 10/10
  • Shoplifting 439.6 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 251.2 10/10
  • Public order 140.1 10/10
  • Theft from the person 120.8 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 115.9 10/10
  • Other theft 91.8 10/10
  • Robbery 87.0 10/10
  • Burglary 53.1 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 43.5 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 29.0 10/10
  • Bicycle theft 9.7 9/10
  • Drugs 4.8 5/10
  • Other crime 4.8 7/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 Β· Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Holloway 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 area’s 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‰ˆ 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.

Crime Over Time in Holloway Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other theft Shopping Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Further/Higher Educational Building Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Hercules Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Hercules Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Hercules Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Drugs Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Shopping Area β€”
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Hercules Street β€”
Sep 2025Other theft Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Holloway Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Holloway Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Windsor Road β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Windsor Road β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Windsor Road β€”
Sep 2025Other theft Holloway Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Holloway Road β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Holloway Road β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Hercules Street β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Hercules Street β€”
Sep 2025Burglary Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Widdenham Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Holloway Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Holloway Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Holloway Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Holloway Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Holloway Road Formal action is not in the public interest

Data Sources

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