Canonbury vs St Mary Cray

Canonbury has a safety score of 9/100 (High Crime) and recorded 20,549 crimes in the last 12 months. St Mary Cray has a safety score of 8/100 (High Crime) with 3,051 crimes. Canonbury scores higher on the CrimeRadar safety index.

Canonbury shows a year-on-year crime trend of -2.1% — meaning total crimes fell compared to the same period the prior year. St Mary Cray shows +2.4% (rising). A downward trend is a positive sign for an area.

In Canonbury, the most recorded crime category over the last 12 months is Violent Crime (4,153 incidents). In St Mary Cray, it is Violent Crime (747 incidents). The full breakdown by category is shown in the chart above.

Canonbury recorded 4,114 anti-social behaviour incidents in the last 12 months, while St Mary Cray recorded 593. Anti-social behaviour includes rowdiness, nuisance and disorder that disrupts daily life but may not result in a criminal charge.

Violent crime in Canonbury totalled 4,153 incidents over the last 12 months, compared to 747 in St Mary Cray. Violent crime includes assault with and without injury, harassment, and public order offences.

In the 12 months prior to the most recent period, Canonbury recorded 20,979 crimes (now 20,549, a change of -2.1%). St Mary Cray recorded 2,980 crimes previously (now 3,051, +2.4%).

The resolution rate is the percentage of recorded crimes that resulted in a formal outcome — such as a charge, caution, penalty notice, or community resolution. Canonbury has a resolution rate of 35.1% and St Mary Cray has 33.2%. A higher rate indicates police are more frequently resolving reported crimes in that area.

Canonbury falls within the Metropolitan Police Service boundary. St Mary Cray is covered by Metropolitan Police Service. Each force operates independently and publishes crime data through the national UK Police API.

CrimeRadar uses 36 months of official recorded crime data from the UK Police API, updated each month. The safety score combines crime volume relative to the force average, year-on-year trend direction, and resolution rate. All figures are based on crimes recorded within each police-defined neighbourhood boundary.

Yes — CrimeRadar has individual crime map pages for both Canonbury and St Mary Cray. You can view interactive maps, monthly trends and hotspot locations by visiting each neighbourhood's full statistics page linked above.