Crime Rate in Brownswood, ward

Brownswood has the 6th highest crime rate of 21 wards in Hackney district and the 563rd highest crime rate ward of 7,541 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (London), it has the 130th highest crime rate of 703 wards.

The overall crime rate in Brownswood in the last 12 months was 153.9 per 1,000 residents and was 0.9% higher than the Hackney district average (152.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Brownswood’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 334 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 16 cases , down -15.8% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 25.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -25.4% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 505 (≈ 49.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( -1.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -29.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Brownswood ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near Petrol Station, with 126 recorded incidents. Violent and public-order offences happen most frequently around Seven Sisters Road (48 offences). Both locations are situated within roughly 0.3 miles of each other.