Borough safety · Inner London · data through June 2026

How safe is Islington, London?

Islington, London covers 17 neighbourhoods in SafeRoute's Inner London index. Its median safety index is 48/100 — below the Inner London median of 59, so more is reported around a typical neighbourhood here than across Inner London. Junction scores highest at 56/100; Clerkenwell lowest at 41/100.

These figures describe reported crime around each neighbourhood's centre — they are informational, not a judgment of any community. 0 of 17 neighbourhoods here rate low risk, 6 moderate, 11 elevated and 0 high risk.

Every neighbourhood in Islington, safest first

Neighbourhood	Index	Band	Incidents
1 Junction	56/100	Moderate	565
2 Tufnell Park	56/100	Moderate	550
3 Hillrise	55/100	Moderate	584
4 Mildmay	55/100	Moderate	555
5 Canonbury	52/100	Moderate	661
6 Highbury	51/100	Moderate	649
7 Caledonian	49/100	Elevated	731
8 Laycock	49/100	Elevated	723
9 St Mary's & St James'	48/100	Elevated	772
10 Barnsbury	46/100	Elevated	862
11 Holloway	46/100	Elevated	777
12 Bunhill	45/100	Elevated	955
13 Tollington	45/100	Elevated	846
14 St Peter's & Canalside	44/100	Elevated	925
15 Arsenal	43/100	Elevated	903
16 Finsbury Park	43/100	Elevated	913
17 Clerkenwell	41/100	Elevated	1,045

How Islington compares across Inner London

Boroughs (safest first)	Median index	Neighbourhoods
Greenwich	79/100	23
Wandsworth	75/100	22
Lewisham	70/100	19
Hammersmith and Fulham	61/100	21
Kensington and Chelsea	59/100	18
Lambeth	56/100	25
Hackney	56/100	21
Southwark	55/100	23
Camden	55/100	20
Tower Hamlets	55/100	20
Westminster	51/100	18
Islington (this page)	48/100	17

Common questions

What is the safest neighbourhood in Islington, London?

Junction has the highest SafeRoute safety index in Islington, London, at 56/100 (moderate), from 565 reported incidents within 1 km of its centre. Tufnell Park (56/100) and Hillrise (55/100) follow.

Which neighbourhood in Islington, London has the most reported crime?

Clerkenwell has the lowest index in Islington, London, at 41/100, with 1,045 reported incidents within 1 km of its centre. A low score means more is reported around that centre, which busy commercial and transport areas produce simply by having more people in them — it is not a measure of how dangerous a resident's street is.

Is Islington, London safe?

Across its 17 neighbourhoods the median SafeRoute safety index is 48/100, against 59 across Inner London. 0 rate low risk, 6 moderate, 11 elevated and 0 high risk. These describe reported crime only and vary widely within the borough — check the individual neighbourhood rather than reading one number for the whole of it.

How is the SafeRoute safety index calculated?

SafeRoute weights each police-recorded incident by severity (violence weighs more than shoplifting), sums the last available period within 1 km of the neighbourhood centre, and normalises against national crime rates onto a 0–100 scale — higher is safer. It describes reported crime only; it is not a guarantee of safety. The figure shown for Islington, London is the median of its 17 neighbourhoods — the borough is not measured separately.

Methodology

Each incident published by the police (via data.police.uk, Open Government Licence) is weighted by severity — violence counts for more than shoplifting. For every ward we sum weighted incidents within 1 km of its centre (ONS December 2025 ward centroids), and normalise onto a 0–100 index, higher = safer. Incident locations are anonymised by the police to nearby snap points, so the maps show streets rather than exact addresses. Pages regenerate as new data is published.

The index compares neighbourhoods within Inner London. It is not comparable between cities: each police force publishes a different set of offences over a different period — London's figures cannot be read against another city's on the same 0–100 scale.