Crime Rates in Islington & Angel (N1)
Crime statistics for N1 from official Police UK data: the latest month's recorded crimes within a mile, broken down by category.
How safe is Islington & Angel (N1)?
In August 2026, Police UK recorded 2,023 crimes within 1 mile of the N1 centre, against 2,008 around N1P on the same measure.
Which types of crime are most reported in N1?
In August 2026, the categories recorded most within a mile of the N1 centre were Anti-social behaviour (405), Violent crime (397) and Shoplifting (359), out of 2,023 crimes in all. The checker above breaks any full N1 postcode down the same way.
How do I check crime rates for a specific street in N1?
Enter a full N1 postcode into the checker above to see crimes recorded within about a mile in the latest month Police.uk has published, taken directly from its street-level data. Where a force's feed to Police.uk is known to be incomplete, the checker says so instead of printing a count.
N1 at a glance
2,023 crimes were recorded within 1 mile of the N1 centre in August 2026, the latest month Police UK has published. The most recorded category was anti-social behaviour, at 20% of the total.
- Recorded crimes, 1 mile, August 2026
- 2,023
- Most recorded category
- Anti-social behaviour (20%)
- Categories recorded
- 8+
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police Service
| Category | Crimes | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Anti-social behaviour | 405 | 20% |
| Violent crime | 397 | 20% |
| Shoplifting | 359 | 18% |
| Other theft | 171 | 8% |
| Theft from the person | 169 | 8% |
| Public order | 116 | 6% |
| Burglary | 91 | 4% |
| Drugs | 82 | 4% |
| All other categories | 233 | 12% |
Source: Police UK street-level crime data (data.police.uk, Open Government Licence), August 2026: crimes recorded within a 1-mile radius of the N1 centroid. Police UK moves each crime to a nearby anonymised point, so counts near the edge of the mile are approximate.
How N1 compares with its nearest outcodes
| Outcode | Crimes within 1 mile of the centre, August 2026 | Most recorded category | Distance between centres |
|---|---|---|---|
| Islington & Angel (N1) | 2,023 | Anti-social behaviour (20%) | — |
| N1P | 2,008 | Anti-social behaviour (21%) | 0.5km |
Neighbours are the outcodes nearest N1, by straight-line distance between outcode centres (postcodes.io), for which Police UK published a complete count for the same month.
A count within a fixed 1-mile circle, not a rate per resident: a busy centre with few residents records more crime than a residential area of the same size, and neighbouring circles overlap.
Source: Police UK street-level crime data (data.police.uk, Open Government Licence), August 2026: crimes recorded within a 1-mile radius of each outcode centroid. Forces whose Police UK feed is incomplete are left out rather than printed low.
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