Total Crime Rate
57.5 per 1,000
All offences Β· May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
19.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Georges Road area has the 10th lowest crime rate of 87 local areas in Arsenal , and the 71st lowest crime rate of 506 local areas in Islington .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Georges Road (N7 8JB) in the last 12 months was 57.5 per 1,000 residents and was 53.2% lower 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 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 250.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -28.6% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 5 (β 19.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -28.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -62.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Georges Road (N7 8JB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Pollard Close, where police recorded 190 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Roman Way (119 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Laycock| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Pollard Close | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Pollard Close | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Pollard Close | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Pollard Close | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Pollard Close | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Pollard Close | β |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Lowther Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Lowther Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Pollard Close | β |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Watkinson Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Pollard Close | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Pollard Close | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Pollard Close | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Pollard Close | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Pollard Close | β |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Paradise Passage | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Pollard Close | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Pollard Close | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Watkinson Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Roman Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Pollard Close | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Pollard Close | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Pollard Close | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Pollard Close | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Pollard Close | β |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Eastwood Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Pollard Close | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Pollard Close | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Pollard Close | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Watkinson Road | β |
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