Total Crime Rate
425.8 per 1,000
All offences Β· May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
179.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Selden Walk area has the 9th highest crime rate of 87 local areas in Arsenal , and the 57th 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 Selden Walk (N7 7RL) in the last 12 months was 425.8 per 1,000 residents and was 246.9% higher than the Arsenal average (122.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this areaβs most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 37 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 15.6% YoY). The sharpest decline was Robbery ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 46 (β 179.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 2.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -5.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Selden Walk (N7 7RL), the main crime hotspot is near Shopping Area. Police recorded 425 crimes here, including 90 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Finsbury Park| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Further/Higher Educational Building | β |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Further/Higher Educational Building | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Medina Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Heather Close | β |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Lennox Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pooles Park | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Pooles Park | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Pooles Park | β |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Further/Higher Educational Building | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Medina Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Further/Higher Educational Building | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Further/Higher Educational Building | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Further/Higher Educational Building | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Further/Higher Educational Building | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Shopping Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Medina Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Medina Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | β |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Woodfall Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Biggerstaff Street | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Biggerstaff Street | β |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Fonthill Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Fonthill Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Fonthill Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Heather Close | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Heather Close | β |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Woodfall Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Medina Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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