Total Crime Rate

201.4 per 1,000 9/10 · Very 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 201.4 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 92.8 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 22.6 5/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 15.8 9/10
  • Drugs 11.3 9/10
  • Other theft 11.3 8/10
  • Public order 11.3 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 11.3 8/10
  • Other crime 6.8 8/10
  • Burglary 4.5 5/10
  • Possession of weapons 4.5 7/10
  • Theft from the person 4.5 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 2.3 1/10
  • Robbery 2.3 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

Lowther Road area has the 31st highest crime rate of 91 local areas in Arsenal , and the 172nd highest crime rate of 530 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 Lowther Road (N7 8PX) in the last 12 months was 201.4 per 1,000 residents and was 61.5% higher than the Arsenal average (124.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 41 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 400.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 18 (≈ 40.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 20.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -40.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Lowther Road (N7 8PX), 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 Lowther Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other theft Crossley Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Hornsey Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Paradise Passage —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Paradise Passage Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Paradise Passage Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Paradise Passage Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Eden Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Eden Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Eden Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Lowther Road Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Hornsey Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Hornsey Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Hornsey Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Hornsey Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Hornsey Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Slaney Place —
Sep 2025Burglary Hornsey Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Hornsey Street —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Jupiter Way Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Jupiter Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Jupiter Way Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Theft from the person Further/Higher Educational Building Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Theft from the person Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Jupiter Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Ellington Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Slaney Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Slaney Place —

Data Sources

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