Total Crime Rate
25.2 per 1,000
All offences Β· May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
7.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Nursery Lane area has the lowest crime rate of 23 local areas in De Beauvoir , and the 23rd lowest crime rate of 580 local areas in Hackney .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Nursery Lane (E2 8AU) in the last 12 months was 25.2 per 1,000 residents and was 80.8% lower than the De Beauvoir average (131.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this areaβs most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 5 offences recorded. The least common crime was Public order with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Robbery ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 2 (β 7.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -33.3% ).
In the area around Nursery Lane (E2 8AU), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Nightclub, where police recorded 88 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Theatre/Concert Hall (28 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Haggerston| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Appleby Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Whiston Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Whiston Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Mary Seacole Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Further/Higher Educational Building | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Laburnum Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Laburnum Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Clarissa Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Nightclub | Formal action is not in the public interest |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Whiston Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Nightclub | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Nightclub | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Nightclub | β |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Clarissa Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Albion Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Haggerston Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Haggerston Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Samuel Street | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Samuel Street | β |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Samuel Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Lovelace Street | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Lovelace Street | β |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Whiston Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Kingsland Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Lovelace Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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