Total Crime Rate
196.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
69.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Hornsey Road area has the 33rd highest crime rate of 87 local areas in Arsenal , and the 177th 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 Hornsey Road (N7 6DN) in the last 12 months was 196.2 per 1,000 residents and was 59.8% higher than the Arsenal average (122.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 22 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -42.9% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 29 (≈ 69.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -12.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -51.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Hornsey Road (N7 6DN), the main crime hotspot is near Shopping Area. Police recorded 268 crimes here, including 61 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Arsenal| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Pollard Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Kinloch Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dunford Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dunford Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Dunford Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Dunford Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Dunford Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Annette Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kinloch Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Kinloch Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Kinloch Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pollard Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shelburne Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pollard Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pollard Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pollard Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pollard Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Pollard Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Pollard Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Pollard Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Pollard Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Pollard Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dunford Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Thane Villas | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Pollard Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Thane Villas | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Supermarket | Under investigation |
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