Total Crime Rate
280.1 per 1,000
All offences Β· May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
95.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Lazar 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 areaβs 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 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.
View Crime In Finsbury Park| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | β |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Newington Barrow Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Heather Close | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Heather Close | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Heather Close | β |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Newington Barrow Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sonderburg Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sonderburg Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Sonderburg Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Sonderburg Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sonderburg Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sonderburg Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sonderburg Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Newington Barrow Way | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Heather Close | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Newington Barrow Way | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Petrol Station | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Newington Barrow Way | β |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Briset Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Briset Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Turlewray Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sports/Recreation Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Pine Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Pine Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Pine Grove | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Pine Grove | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Heather Close | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Andover Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Tollington Place | β |
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