Total Crime Rate

280.1 per 1,000 10/10 Β· Very High

All offences Β· May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

95.2 per 1,000 9/10 Β· Very High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 280.1 10/10
  • Violent crimes 95.2 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 95.2 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 64.4 9/10
  • Drugs 53.2 10/10
  • Public order 19.6 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 8.4 6/10
  • Theft from the person 8.4 8/10
  • Burglary 5.6 6/10
  • Other theft 5.6 5/10
  • Possession of weapons 5.6 8/10
  • Robbery 5.6 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 5.6 5/10
  • Other crime 2.8 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents Β· May 2025 - Apr 2026 Β· Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Lazar Walk area has the 20th highest crime rate of 87 local areas in Arsenal , and the 106th 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 Lazar Walk (N7 7RR) in the last 12 months was 280.1 per 1,000 residents and was 128.2% higher than the Arsenal average (122.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 34 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Theft from the person ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 34 (β‰ˆ 95.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -2.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -32.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Lazar Walk (N7 7RR), 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.

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Crime Over Time in Lazar Walk area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Shopping Area β€”
Apr 2026Burglary Newington Barrow Way Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Heather Close β€”
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Heather Close β€”
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Heather Close β€”
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Newington Barrow Way Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Sonderburg Road β€”
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Sonderburg Road β€”
Apr 2026Burglary Sonderburg Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Drugs Sonderburg Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Sonderburg Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Sonderburg Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Sonderburg Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Newington Barrow Way β€”
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Heather Close β€”
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Newington Barrow Way β€”
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Petrol Station β€”
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Newington Barrow Way β€”
Apr 2026Public order Briset Way Under investigation
Apr 2026Possession of weapons Briset Way Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Turlewray Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Sports/Recreation Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Pine Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order Pine Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Pine Grove β€”
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Pine Grove β€”
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Heather Close β€”
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Andover Road β€”
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Tollington Place β€”

Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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