Total Crime Rate
1636.2 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Salterton Road area has the highest crime rate of 51 local areas in Finsbury Park , and the 7th 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 Salterton Road (N7 6BB) in the last 12 months was 1636.2 per 1,000 residents and was 377.3% 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 276 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 2 cases , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Robbery ( -38.1% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 143 (≈ 327.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 3.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -34.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Salterton Road (N7 6BB), the main crime hotspot is near Shopping Area. Police recorded 484 crimes here, including 124 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Finsbury Park| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Heather Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Axminster Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Heather Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Axminster Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Axminster Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Axminster Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Axminster Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Axminster Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Axminster Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Axminster Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Holloway Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Holloway Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Holloway Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Holloway Road | Formal action is not in the public interest |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Holloway Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Holloway Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Holloway Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Salterton Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Salterton Road | — |
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