Total Crime Rate
97.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
39.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Kingsland Road area has the 7th lowest crime rate of 23 local areas in De Beauvoir , and the 207th lowest crime rate of 580 local areas in Hackney .
Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.
The overall crime rate in the area around Kingsland Road (E2 8EB) in the last 12 months was 97.6 per 1,000 residents and was 25.7% lower than the De Beauvoir average (131.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 16 (≈ 39.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 33.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -57.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Kingsland Road (E2 8EB), the main crime hotspot is near Theatre/Concert Hall. Police recorded 90 crimes here, including 31 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Haggerston| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Hoxton | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Acton Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Stean Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Stean Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Stean Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Theatre/Concert Hall | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Jerrold Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cremer Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Cremer Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Cremer Street | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Cremer Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Cremer Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cremer Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cremer Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Acton Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Jeger Avenue | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dunston Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Dunston Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Kingsland Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Laburnum Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Laburnum Street | 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 | 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 | Burglary | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Nightclub | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Jeger Avenue | — |
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