Total Crime Rate

187.8 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 187.8 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 60.9 9/10
  • Public order 22.8 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 20.3 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 17.8 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 15.2 8/10
  • Other theft 15.2 9/10
  • Burglary 12.7 9/10
  • Theft from the person 12.7 9/10
  • Drugs 5.1 6/10
  • Other crime 5.1 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 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

North Road area has the 39th highest crime rate of 140 local areas in Barnsbury , and the 188th highest 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 North Road (N7 9EY) in the last 12 months was 187.8 per 1,000 residents and was 7.2% lower than the Barnsbury average (202.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 24 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 2 cases , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 500.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( 66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 33 (≈ 83.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 371.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -72.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around North Road (N7 9EY), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Yoke Close, where police recorded 75 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Chris Pullen Way (24 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in North Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Cliff Villas Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Goodinge Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Cliff Road —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Surr Street —
Sep 2025Theft from the person Surr Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Surr Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Cliff Road —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Cliff Road —
Sep 2025Burglary Cliff Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Cliff Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Cliff Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Market Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cliff Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Market Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Jim Veal Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Goodinge Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Drovers Way —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rowstock Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Rowstock Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Hartham Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Rowstock Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Rowstock Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ewe Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Tansley Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Tansley Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Ewe Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Cliff Road —
Sep 2025Burglary Middleton Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Camden Lane Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Goodinge Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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