Total Crime Rate
60.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
24.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Adams Place area has the 12th lowest crime rate of 87 local areas in Arsenal , and the 77th 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 Adams Place (N7 8QH) in the last 12 months was 60.6 per 1,000 residents and was 50.6% lower than the Arsenal average (122.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Other theft ( -60.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 8 (≈ 24.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -27.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -20.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Adams Place (N7 8QH), the main crime hotspot is near Roman Way. Police recorded 176 crimes here, including 119 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Laycock| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Hornsey Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Hornsey Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sheringham Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Quemerford Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Heddington Grove | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Heddington Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Heddington Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Heddington Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Hartnoll Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mackenzie Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Piper Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mackenzie Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mackenzie Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mackenzie Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Lough Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Jupiter Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Lough Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Mackenzie Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Mackenzie Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Sheringham Road | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Piper Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Holloway Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Eastwood Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Watkinson Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Watkinson Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Eastwood Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Eastwood Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Eastwood Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Eastwood Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Eastwood Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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