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

Liverpool Road 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 Liverpool Road (N7 8PG) 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 Liverpool Road (N7 8PG), 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.

Crime Over Time in Liverpool Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other theft Ellington Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences George'S Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Hartnoll Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Petrol Station Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Tinniswood Close
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Tinniswood Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour George'S Road
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Madras Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rhodes Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rhodes Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Granary Square Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Granary Square Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Crossley Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Crossley Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Crossley Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Crossley Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Granary Square Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Palmer Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Morgan Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Madras Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Paradise Passage Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Eastwood Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Palmer Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Palmer Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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