Total Crime Rate
335.0 per 1,000
All offences Β· May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
96.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Holloway Road area has the 12th highest crime rate of 87 local areas in Arsenal , and the 72nd highest crime rate of 506 local areas in Islington .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Holloway Road (N7 9FU) in the last 12 months was 335.0 per 1,000 residents and was 172.9% higher than the Arsenal average (122.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this areaβs most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 60 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -37.5% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 59 (β 96.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 15.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 51.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Holloway Road (N7 9FU), the main crime hotspot is near Pollard Close. Police recorded 190 crimes here, including 55 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Holloway| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pollard Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Pollard Close | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Pollard Close | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Pollard Close | β |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Slaney Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Pollard Close | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Pollard Close | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Pollard Close | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Pollard Close | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Pollard Close | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Pollard Close | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Pollard Close | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Pollard Close | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Pollard Close | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Pollard Close | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Pollard Close | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Pollard Close | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Pollard Close | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Pollard Close | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Pollard Close | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Pollard Close | β |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Pollard Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Pollard Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Pollard Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Pollard Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Pollard Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Pollard Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pollard Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pollard Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pollard Close | Under investigation |
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