Total Crime Rate

25.2 per 1,000 3/10 Β· Low

All offences Β· May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

7.2 per 1,000 2/10 Β· Very Low

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 25.2 3/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 18.0 7/10
  • Violent crimes 7.2 2/10
  • Public order 3.6 3/10
  • Robbery 3.6 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents Β· May 2025 - Apr 2026 Β· Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Nursery 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 area’s 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‰ˆ 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.

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Crime Over Time in Nursery Lane area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Appleby Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Burglary Nightclub Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Drugs Whiston Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Whiston Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Mary Seacole Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Robbery Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Further/Higher Educational Building Local resolution
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Laburnum Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Laburnum Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Drugs Clarissa Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Nightclub Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Nightclub Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Nightclub Formal action is not in the public interest
Apr 2026Bicycle theft Nightclub Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Burglary Whiston Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Nightclub β€”
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Nightclub β€”
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Nightclub β€”
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Clarissa Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Albion Terrace Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Drugs Haggerston Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Haggerston Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Samuel Street β€”
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Samuel Street β€”
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Samuel Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Lovelace Street β€”
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Lovelace Street β€”
Apr 2026Burglary Whiston Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Theft from the person Kingsland Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Robbery Lovelace Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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