• Safer Neighbourhoods Annual Challenge (SNAC)

  By lela34 at 15:25 on 02/04/11

  

  What can we do to make our neighbourhood safer? Identify a problem Find a solution Make it work! Who can take part? Primary and secondary schools, youth groups, ... Entrants will be split by age; under 11, 11-14, 15-19 SNAC projects should be imaginative, practical, affordable, sustainable and locally based. To support you, funding is available up to £200 per project and your local safer neighbourhoods officer is available...

• Mayor Boris comes to Finsbury Park

  By abi_silvester at 19:22 on 22/02/11

  

  Did anyone spot BoJo this at Finsbury Park Station this morning, talking about how crime on the capital's transport network has decreased? The Mayor chose our local Tube stop as the setting for his talk on how crime has dropped by up to 30% on London's buses, trains and tubes; a figure that is way ahead of crime in general. More information can be found here

• Crime mapping for Finsbury Park - what do you think?

  By LiseS at 16:33 on 04/02/11

  

  After a wobbly first day online, the new street-by-street crime data mapping system at www.police.uk seems to have settled down. The number of information requests being made by worried - or curious - UK residents logging in to find out how many crimes and anti-social activities are taking place locally brought the site down for much of Tuesday; but the system now seems to be working, and anyone with an online connection can simply...

• Police release CCTV pics in hunt for Finsbury Park sex attacker

  By coopslad at 15:19 on 08/12/10

  

  Police have released CCTV images of a man they want to trace in connection with a sexual assault which took place on a bus in Finsbury Park. Detectives said a woman was on the Number 19 bus in Blackstock Road when a man got on, sat next down to her and started groping her thigh. The woman alerted the bus driver but the attacker managed to jump off the bus and ran away. He got off at Islington Green and was seen heading towards Angel...

• Safer Islington debate - should all dogs be microchipped?

  By LiseS at 08:09 on 27/10/10

  

  Stray and dangerous dogs are one of the top issues Islington residents bring up with Islington Council and local police. We've reported previously on suggestions for dealing with canine issues in N4 and nationwide, and now the council are inviting local people to comment on proposals for compulsory dog licensing and microchipping at a meeting on Thursday 4 November from 7pm to 9pm at Islington's Assembly Hall. Other issues regularly...

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