Police-recorded · Islington · Metropolitan Police Service

Criminal damage and arson in Islington

12 months to June 2026

5.8per 1,000 residents

Police recorded 1,300 criminal damage and arson offences in Islington in the 12 months to June 2026, down 24.9% (431) on the previous 12 months. That is 5.8 per 1,000 residents against 6.9 for England and Wales.

  1. Home Office · data.police.uk
  2. street-level crime archive, category “Criminal damage and arson
  3. local authority via LSOA lookup
  4. population: ONS mid-2025 estimate, 224,551

Monthly, September 2011 to June 2026

Monthly recorded offences: September 2011 to June 2026CoalitionCoalitionConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeLabourLabour0100200201520202025September 2011: 143 offencesOctober 2011: 159 offencesNovember 2011: 177 offencesDecember 2011: 155 offencesJanuary 2012: 160 offencesFebruary 2012: 153 offencesMarch 2012: 157 offencesApril 2012: 156 offencesMay 2012: 160 offencesJune 2012: 175 offencesJuly 2012: 143 offencesAugust 2012: 173 offencesSeptember 2012: 152 offencesOctober 2012: 122 offencesNovember 2012: 137 offencesDecember 2012: 132 offencesJanuary 2013: 135 offencesFebruary 2013: 119 offencesMarch 2013: 141 offencesApril 2013: 150 offencesMay 2013: 138 offencesJune 2013: 129 offencesJuly 2013: 138 offencesAugust 2013: 128 offencesSeptember 2013: 118 offencesOctober 2013: 132 offencesNovember 2013: 130 offencesDecember 2013: 125 offencesJanuary 2014: 118 offencesFebruary 2014: 142 offencesMarch 2014: 167 offencesApril 2014: 148 offencesMay 2014: 188 offencesJune 2014: 148 offencesJuly 2014: 160 offencesAugust 2014: 152 offencesSeptember 2014: 153 offencesOctober 2014: 229 offencesNovember 2014: 159 offencesDecember 2014: 177 offencesJanuary 2015: 161 offencesFebruary 2015: 130 offencesMarch 2015: 152 offencesApril 2015: 163 offencesMay 2015: 184 offencesJune 2015: 165 offencesJuly 2015: 180 offencesAugust 2015: 168 offencesSeptember 2015: 152 offencesOctober 2015: 176 offencesNovember 2015: 183 offencesDecember 2015: 162 offencesJanuary 2016: 156 offencesFebruary 2016: 131 offencesMarch 2016: 169 offencesApril 2016: 140 offencesMay 2016: 201 offencesJune 2016: 138 offencesJuly 2016: 198 offencesAugust 2016: 171 offencesSeptember 2016: 150 offencesOctober 2016: 145 offencesNovember 2016: 168 offencesDecember 2016: 126 offencesJanuary 2017: 144 offencesFebruary 2017: 134 offencesMarch 2017: 181 offencesApril 2017: 125 offencesMay 2017: 150 offencesJune 2017: 183 offencesJuly 2017: 154 offencesAugust 2017: 162 offencesSeptember 2017: 177 offencesOctober 2017: 135 offencesNovember 2017: 130 offencesDecember 2017: 154 offencesJanuary 2018: 128 offencesFebruary 2018: 125 offencesMarch 2018: 121 offencesApril 2018: 133 offencesMay 2018: 151 offencesJune 2018: 143 offencesJuly 2018: 134 offencesAugust 2018: 133 offencesSeptember 2018: 151 offencesOctober 2018: 157 offencesNovember 2018: 150 offencesDecember 2018: 143 offencesJanuary 2019: 147 offencesFebruary 2019: 136 offencesMarch 2019: 126 offencesApril 2019: 123 offencesMay 2019: 119 offencesJune 2019: 118 offencesJuly 2019: 115 offencesAugust 2019: 103 offencesSeptember 2019: 112 offencesOctober 2019: 138 offencesNovember 2019: 119 offencesDecember 2019: 109 offencesJanuary 2020: 147 offencesFebruary 2020: 110 offencesMarch 2020: 130 offencesApril 2020: 96 offencesMay 2020: 117 offencesJune 2020: 120 offencesJuly 2020: 125 offencesAugust 2020: 129 offencesSeptember 2020: 133 offencesOctober 2020: 110 offencesNovember 2020: 120 offencesDecember 2020: 122 offencesJanuary 2021: 102 offencesFebruary 2021: 109 offencesMarch 2021: 115 offencesApril 2021: 114 offencesMay 2021: 116 offencesJune 2021: 141 offencesJuly 2021: 146 offencesAugust 2021: 115 offencesSeptember 2021: 130 offencesOctober 2021: 126 offencesNovember 2021: 138 offencesDecember 2021: 113 offencesJanuary 2022: 130 offencesFebruary 2022: 122 offencesMarch 2022: 114 offencesApril 2022: 151 offencesMay 2022: 141 offencesJune 2022: 140 offencesJuly 2022: 125 offencesAugust 2022: 135 offencesSeptember 2022: 117 offencesOctober 2022: 127 offencesNovember 2022: 150 offencesDecember 2022: 124 offencesJanuary 2023: 121 offencesFebruary 2023: 139 offencesMarch 2023: 105 offencesApril 2023: 125 offencesMay 2023: 134 offencesJune 2023: 151 offencesJuly 2023: 155 offencesAugust 2023: 131 offencesSeptember 2023: 110 offencesOctober 2023: 143 offencesNovember 2023: 156 offencesDecember 2023: 130 offencesJanuary 2024: 133 offencesFebruary 2024: 122 offencesMarch 2024: 124 offencesApril 2024: 144 offencesMay 2024: 161 offencesJune 2024: 152 offencesJuly 2024: 140 offencesAugust 2024: 148 offencesSeptember 2024: 157 offencesOctober 2024: 132 offencesNovember 2024: 114 offencesDecember 2024: 135 offencesJanuary 2025: 148 offencesFebruary 2025: 152 offencesMarch 2025: 179 offencesApril 2025: 144 offencesMay 2025: 142 offencesJune 2025: 140 offencesJuly 2025: 152 offencesAugust 2025: 122 offencesSeptember 2025: 124 offencesOctober 2025: 162 offencesNovember 2025: 135 offencesDecember 2025: 98 offencesJanuary 2026: 125 offencesFebruary 2026: 106 offencesMarch 2026: 148 offencesApril 2026: 113 offencesMay 2026: 9 offencesJune 2026: 6 offences

Offences recorded in this category each month, from the street-level archivePublished valueProvisional or revisedLatestShaded bands: governments (see labels)Hover or use arrow keys to read a value

Each year since 2011

Year toOffencesPer 1,000Population year
June 20110 (partial)
June 20121,5957.62012
June 20131,6717.92013
June 20141,6827.82014
June 20151,9859.12015
June 20161,9568.92016
June 20171,8758.52017
June 20181,7137.72018
June 20191,6377.42019
June 20201,4166.42020
June 20211,4366.62021
June 20221,5667.12022
June 20231,5536.92023
June 20241,6617.32024
June 20251,7317.72025
June 20261,3005.82025

What this measures

Damage to buildings and vehicles, and fires set deliberately.

Police-recorded crime counts offences reported to and recorded by the police. It is affected by whether people report crime and by changes in police recording practice, so it does not measure all crime that happens. The Crime Survey for England and Wales is the better guide to long-term trends in the crimes it covers. Police recorded crime is not designated as National Statistics. A higher recorded rate does not mean an area is more dangerous.

Other categories in Islington

Every local authority ranked by criminal damage and arson rate · All recorded crime in Islington