Total Crime Rate
200.0 per 1,000
All offences Β· May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
50.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Biddestone Road area has the 32nd highest crime rate of 87 local areas in Arsenal , and the 172nd 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 Biddestone Road (N7 9RA) in the last 12 months was 200.0 per 1,000 residents and was 62.9% 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 30 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 2 cases , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 15 (β 50.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -6.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -63.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Biddestone Road (N7 9RA), the main crime hotspot is near Holloway Road. Police recorded 335 crimes here, including 103 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 | Anti-social behaviour | Jackson Road | 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 | Stock Orchard Street | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Stock Orchard Street | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Stock Orchard Street | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Stock Orchard Street | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Stock Orchard Street | β |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Stock Orchard Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Pollard Close | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Quemerford Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | 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 | 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 | Holloway Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Holloway Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Pollard Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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