Total Crime Rate
78.1 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Geffrye Street area has the 8th lowest crime rate of 25 local areas in De Beauvoir , and the 167th lowest crime rate of 599 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 Geffrye Street (E2 8JA) in the last 12 months was 78.1 per 1,000 residents and was 38.5% lower than the De Beauvoir average (126.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 8 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , down -75.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Bicycle theft ( -75.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 11 (≈ 26.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -26.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -13.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Geffrye Street (E2 8JA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Strout'S Place, where police recorded 148 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Theatre/Concert Hall (26 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Gorsuch Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Conference/Exhibition Centre | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Boat Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Boat Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Conference/Exhibition Centre | Formal action is not in the public interest |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Conference/Exhibition Centre | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Boat Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wilks Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Wilks Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Jerrold Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Jerrold Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Jerrold Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Nightclub | — |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Gorsuch Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Conference/Exhibition Centre | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Cremer Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Cremer Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cremer Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Further/Higher Educational Building | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Further/Higher Educational Building | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Further/Higher Educational Building | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Further/Higher Educational Building | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Redvers Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Redvers Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Redvers Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Weymouth Terrace | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Weymouth Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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