Total Crime Rate

85.7 per 1,000 7/10 Β· High

All offences Β· May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

31.4 per 1,000 6/10 Β· Average

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 85.7 7/10
  • Violent crimes 31.4 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 28.6 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 25.7 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 11.4 6/10
  • Other crime 5.7 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 2.9 3/10
  • Burglary 2.9 2/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 2.9 1/10
  • Public order 2.9 2/10
  • Robbery 2.9 3/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents Β· May 2025 - Apr 2026 Β· Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Freegrove Road area has the 24th lowest crime rate of 87 local areas in Arsenal , and the 131st lowest crime rate of 506 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 Freegrove Road (N7 9RG) in the last 12 months was 85.7 per 1,000 residents and was 30.2% lower than the Arsenal average (122.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Vehicle crime with 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 28.6% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -75.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 11 (β‰ˆ 31.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 10.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 25.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Freegrove Road (N7 9RG), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Stock Orchard Street, where police recorded 83 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Further/Higher Educational Building (21 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Freegrove Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Widdenham Road β€”
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Cottage Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Biddestone Road β€”
Apr 2026Other theft Penn Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Hillmarton Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Hillmarton Road β€”
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Widdenham Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Widdenham Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Widdenham Road β€”
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Widdenham Road β€”
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Widdenham Road β€”
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Hartham Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Biddestone Road β€”
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Hartham Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Hartham Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order Hartham Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Hartham Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Hartham Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Hartham Close β€”
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Widdenham Road β€”
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Warlters Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Warlters Road β€”
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Quemerford Road β€”
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Biddestone Road β€”
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Cottage Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Williamson Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Warlters Road β€”
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Warlters Close β€”
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Under investigation

Data Sources

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