Total Crime Rate

144.3 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · 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 144.3 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 43.6 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 36.9 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 16.8 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 10.1 7/10
  • Drugs 10.1 8/10
  • Other theft 6.7 6/10
  • Public order 6.7 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.4 5/10
  • Burglary 3.4 3/10
  • Other crime 3.4 4/10
  • Theft from the person 3.4 4/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Medina 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 7LA) 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 7LA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Whadcoat Street, where police recorded 95 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Coleridge Road (40 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Medina Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other theft Goodwin Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Carew Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Carville Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Carville Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Carville Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Carville Street —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Carew Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Carew Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Carew Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Carew Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Carew Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Durham Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Durham Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Further/Higher Educational Building Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Further/Higher Educational Building Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Further/Higher Educational Building Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Further/Higher Educational Building Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Durham Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Durham Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Citizen Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Shopping Area —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sonderburg Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Biggerstaff Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Thane Villas —
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Thane Villas Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Isledon Road —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Isledon Road —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Steve Biko Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Steve Biko Road Under investigation

Data Sources

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