Total Crime Rate
190.0 per 1,000
All offences Β· May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
43.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Bolton 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 areaβs 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 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.
View Crime In Finsbury Park| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Lennox Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Further/Higher Educational Building | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Woodfall Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Woodfall Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Woodfall Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Woodfall Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Further/Higher Educational Building | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Everleigh Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Birnam Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Birnam Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Birnam Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Birnam Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Birnam Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sonderburg Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Further/Higher Educational Building | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Carville Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Playford Road | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Fonthill Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Fonthill Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Fonthill Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Shopping Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| 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 | Anti-social behaviour | Heather Close | β |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Heather Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Woodfall Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Further/Higher Educational Building | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Montem Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Newington Barrow Way | Under investigation |
StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right.