Total Crime Rate
144.3 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Medina Road area has the 45th lowest crime rate of 91 local areas in Arsenal , and the 257th highest crime rate of 530 local areas in Islington .
Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.
The overall crime rate in the area around Medina Road (N7 7JU) in the last 12 months was 144.3 per 1,000 residents and was 15.7% higher than the Arsenal average (124.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 266.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -60.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 15 (≈ 50.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 150.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 58.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Medina Road (N7 7JU), the main crime hotspot is near Further/Higher Educational Building. Police recorded 301 crimes here, including 78 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Arsenal| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Coleridge Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Sonderburg Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Rixon Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Rixon Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Yonge Park | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Yonge Park | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Yonge Park | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Yonge Park | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Woodbridge Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Woodbridge Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Woodbridge Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Woodbridge Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Sonderburg Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Sonderburg Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Sonderburg Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Sonderburg Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Rixon Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Sonderburg Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Sonderburg Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Sonderburg Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Sonderburg Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Sonderburg Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Sonderburg Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Durham Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Durham Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Durham Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Durham Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Carew Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Carew Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Carew Close | Under investigation |
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