Total Crime Rate
179.7 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Widdenham Road area has the 38th highest crime rate of 91 local areas in Arsenal , and the 201st highest crime rate of 530 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 Widdenham Road (N7 9SF) in the last 12 months was 179.7 per 1,000 residents and was 44.1% higher than the Arsenal average (124.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 17 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.
Violent crimes totalled 19 (≈ 64.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 11.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -35.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Widdenham Road (N7 9SF), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 374 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Holloway Road (104 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Arsenal| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Stock Orchard Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Arthur Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Loraine Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Loraine Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Sturmer Way | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Sturmer Way | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Sturmer Way | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Sturmer Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Arthur Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Arthur Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Tollington Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Arthur Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Parking Area | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Quemerford Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Quemerford Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Quemerford Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Conference/Exhibition Centre | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Tollington Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Tollington Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Holloway Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Holloway Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Holloway Road | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Holloway Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Holloway Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Holloway Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Holloway Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Holloway Road | Under investigation |
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