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Highbury

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9,183 people · median £812,500 · Islington

Islington Council · Labour-controlled   32/51 seats · 63% · OCD 2026
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How safe is it? This neighbourhood

Crime runs at 14.3 per 1,000 residents a month — above the 9.5 average across districts Acreright covers. Like most places with a retail centre, offences cluster where the shops are, not where people live.

Crime rate

121149177205Sep 2025Aug 2026131
Monthly recorded crimes within this neighbourhood
Per 1,000 / month14.3
Average across Acreright-covered districts9.5
Street-level counts · police.uk, last 12 months

By category, 12 months this neighbourhood

Anti-social behaviour
465
Violence and sexual offences
370
Other theft
214
Theft from the person
163
Public order
133
Shoplifting
90
Recorded crimes by category within this neighbourhood, last 12 months · police.uk / Home Office

Where crime clusters

On or nearCrimes
Busiest anonymised "on or near" markers over the last 6 months — click a row to centre the crime map there · retail-heavy spots naturally rank high (shoplifting concentrates where the shops are), and some forces log crimes at their police station, so a station can rank high without the crime happening there · police.uk
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