Crime Rates in Highbury (N5)
Crime statistics for N5 from official Police UK data: the latest month's recorded crimes within a mile, broken down by category.
How safe is Highbury (N5)?
In August 2026, Police UK recorded 1,654 crimes within 1 mile of the N5 centre, against 1,700 around N7, 2,008 around N1P, 1,112 around N16, 2,023 around N1 on the same measure.
Which types of crime are most reported in N5?
In August 2026, the categories recorded most within a mile of the N5 centre were Anti-social behaviour (449), Violent crime (380) and Shoplifting (133), out of 1,654 crimes in all. The checker above breaks any full N5 postcode down the same way.
How do I check crime rates for a specific street in N5?
Enter a full N5 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.
N5 at a glance
1,654 crimes were recorded within 1 mile of the N5 centre in August 2026, the latest month Police UK has published. The most recorded category was anti-social behaviour, at 27% of the total.
- Recorded crimes, 1 mile, August 2026
- 1,654
- Most recorded category
- Anti-social behaviour (27%)
- Categories recorded
- 8+
- Police neighbourhood at the centre
- Highbury (Metropolitan Police Service)
| Category | Crimes | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Anti-social behaviour | 449 | 27% |
| Violent crime | 380 | 23% |
| Shoplifting | 133 | 8% |
| Other theft | 123 | 7% |
| Public order | 119 | 7% |
| Vehicle crime | 90 | 5% |
| Theft from the person | 81 | 5% |
| Drugs | 80 | 5% |
| All other categories | 199 | 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 N5 centroid. Police UK moves each crime to a nearby anonymised point, so counts near the edge of the mile are approximate.
How N5 compares with its nearest outcodes
| Outcode | Crimes within 1 mile of the centre, August 2026 | Most recorded category | Distance between centres |
|---|---|---|---|
| Highbury (N5) | 1,654 | Anti-social behaviour (27%) | — |
| Holloway (N7) | 1,700 | Anti-social behaviour (31%) | 1.4km |
| N1P | 2,008 | Anti-social behaviour (21%) | 1.7km |
| Stoke Newington (N16) | 1,112 | Violent crime (25%) | 1.8km |
| Islington & Angel (N1) | 2,023 | Anti-social behaviour (20%) | 1.8km |
Neighbours are the outcodes nearest N5, 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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