Total Crime Rate

190.0 per 1,000 9/10 Β· Very High

All offences Β· May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

43.0 per 1,000 7/10 Β· 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 190.0 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 82.4 10/10
  • Violent crimes 43.0 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 28.7 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 17.9 9/10
  • Other theft 14.3 9/10
  • Theft from the person 14.3 9/10
  • Drugs 7.2 7/10
  • Possession of weapons 7.2 9/10
  • Robbery 7.2 8/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.6 5/10
  • Burglary 3.6 4/10
  • Other crime 3.6 5/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 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

Bolton Walk area has the 36th highest crime rate of 87 local areas in Arsenal , and the 187th highest crime rate of 506 local areas in Islington .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Bolton Walk (N7 7RW) in the last 12 months was 190.0 per 1,000 residents and was 54.8% 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 23 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 12 (β‰ˆ 43.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 33.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -60.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Bolton Walk (N7 7RW), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Sonderburg Road, where police recorded 100 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Biggerstaff Street (38 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Bolton Walk area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Theft from the person Lennox Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Further/Higher Educational Building β€”
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Woodfall Road β€”
Apr 2026Burglary Woodfall Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Woodfall Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Woodfall Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Robbery Further/Higher Educational Building Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Everleigh Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Birnam Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Bicycle theft Birnam Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Birnam Road β€”
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Birnam Road β€”
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Birnam Road β€”
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Sonderburg Road β€”
Apr 2026Robbery Further/Higher Educational Building Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Robbery Carville Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Playford Road Action to be taken by another organisation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Fonthill Road β€”
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Fonthill Road β€”
Apr 2026Public order Fonthill Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Shopping Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Heather Close β€”
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 Heather Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Woodfall Road β€”
Apr 2026Theft from the person Further/Higher Educational Building Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Drugs Montem Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Newington Barrow Way Under investigation

Data Sources

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