Total Crime Rate
205.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
67.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Holloway Road area has the 10th highest crime rate of 27 local areas in Highbury , and the 165th 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 Holloway Road (N7 8JG) in the last 12 months was 205.9 per 1,000 residents and was 122.6% higher than the Highbury average (92.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 17 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Bicycle theft ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 23 (≈ 67.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 64.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -30.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Holloway Road (N7 8JG), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Further/Higher Educational Building, where police recorded 89 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Supermarket (38 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Highbury| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Further/Higher Educational Building | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Digswell Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Digswell Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Digswell Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Drayton Park | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Paradise Passage | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Further/Higher Educational Building | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Further/Higher Educational Building | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Madras Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fieldway Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Fieldway Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Palmer Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Paradise Passage | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Fieldway Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Fieldway Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Eastwood Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Further/Higher Educational Building | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Further/Higher Educational Building | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Eastwood Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Crossley Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Palmer Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Palmer Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Palmer Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Furlong Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Orleston Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Furlong Road | — |
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