Total Crime Rate

124.3 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 124.3 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 39.6 7/10
  • Robbery 19.8 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 11.3 7/10
  • Other theft 11.3 8/10
  • Public order 11.3 8/10
  • Theft from the person 11.3 9/10
  • Shoplifting 5.7 4/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 2.8 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 2.8 3/10
  • Burglary 2.8 2/10
  • Drugs 2.8 2/10
  • Vehicle crime 2.8 2/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Crossley Street area has the 12th lowest crime rate of 27 local areas in Highbury , and the 235th lowest crime rate of 530 local areas in Islington .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Crossley Street (N7 8PD) in the last 12 months was 124.3 per 1,000 residents and was 21.0% higher than the Highbury average (102.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 14 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , down -96.6% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 133.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -96.6% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 25 (≈ 70.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -13.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 5.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Crossley Street (N7 8PD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Eastwood Close, where police recorded 121 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Palmer Place (55 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Crossley Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rhodes Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Eastwood Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Palmer Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Drummond Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Faraday Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Crossley Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Drummond Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Drummond Way —
Sep 2025Other theft Crossley Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Crossley Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Crossley Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Eastwood Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Granary Square Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Eastwood Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Vulcan Way —
Sep 2025Shoplifting Eastwood Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Eastwood Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Granary Square Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Granary Square Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Granary Square Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Paradise Passage —
Sep 2025Shoplifting Eastwood Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Arundel Square —
Sep 2025Shoplifting Eastwood Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Eastwood Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Palmer Place —
Sep 2025Other theft Ellington Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Palmer Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Sheringham Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Arundel Square —

Data Sources

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