The positions include an antisocial behaviour operational manager and two family support workers. A spokeswoman for the London borough said the situation was a result of cuts in government funding.
Liberal Democrat councillor Terry Stacy, Islington's lead member for community safety, said the redundancies would affect "back office" staff.
"These savings were carefully considered and we think they can be accommodated without having a negative impact on community safety services," he said. "Clearly the SIP would rather not lose these posts, but the savings they will provide of more than £277,000 are significant."
But councillor Catherine West, leader of the council's Labour Party, blasted the move, which follows the murders of two teenagers in the borough.
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