St Mary's and St James' — Neighbourhood Policing Team
Local policing team in the Metropolitan Police Service area: contact routes, current priorities and public events.
Contact the team
In an emergency always call 999. For non-emergencies call 101 or use Metropolitan Police Service's online reporting.
Recorded crime — June 2026
207 street-level crimes recorded within this team’s boundary.
Compared with May 2026 (252): ▼ 45 (18%) lower. Recorded-crime counts fluctuate month to month.
- Anti-social behaviour40 · 19%
- Shoplifting40 · 19%
- Violence and sexual offences39 · 19%
- Other theft23 · 11%
- Theft from the person17 · 8%
- Public order13 · 6%
- Vehicle crime10 · 5%
- Burglary9 · 4%
Street-level open data from data.police.uk (Open Government Licence v3.0), counted within this team’s official boundary. Locations on data.police.uk are approximate — snapped to anonymised map points near where each crime occurred — so figures are a guide, not an exact address-level count. Captured 2026-08-08.
What happened to reported crimes — June 2026
187 recorded outcomes logged within this team’s boundary.
- Investigation complete; no suspect identified118 · 63%
- Unable to prosecute suspect45 · 24%
- Awaiting court outcome22 · 12%
- Offender given a caution1 · 1%
- Formal action is not in the public interest1 · 1%
Recorded outcomes from data.police.uk (Open Government Licence v3.0). A crime and its outcome can fall in different months, so these do not map one-to-one onto the crime counts above. Captured 2026-08-09.
Current priorities
Shoplifting in the UPPER Street aera. working with the BID and shops to increase detections and provide advice regards store protection.
High visibility patrols Request for NOMAD Patrols from Islington council ASB team and parkguard
Set: 2026-04-17
Drug Supply and Drug Use has been recorded and seen in the GIBSON SQUARE, N1 and surrounding areas. This has lead to ASB effecting the residents locally. (continued from last Ward panel meeting).
Uniform and plain clothes patrols of the area of the effected areas. Intel lead operations using drug legislation to disrupt criminality. Use of CPN, and CBO's where ASB is witnessed. Partnership approach, utilising Local authority and community safety, working together.
Set: 2026-04-17
Awaits the ward panel chairs review at this time.
Awaits the ward panel chairs review at this time.
Set: 2026-04-17
Nearby teams in Metropolitan Police Service
All Metropolitan Police Service neighbourhood teams →Source: data.police.uk API · Licensed under Open Government Licence v3.0 · Fetched 2026-07-13. BlueLineHub is independent and not affiliated with Metropolitan Police Service.