Total Crime Rate
456.6 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Pearson Street area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 25 local areas in De Beauvoir , and the 42nd highest crime rate of 599 local areas in Hackney .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Pearson Street (E2 8JD) in the last 12 months was 456.6 per 1,000 residents and was 259.7% higher 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 33 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -71.4% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 46 (≈ 147.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 2.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 238.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Pearson Street (E2 8JD), 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 | Drugs | Stamp Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hassard Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Diss Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Long Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Nazrul Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Gorsuch Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Gorsuch Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Retford Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Retford Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Redvers Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Redvers Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Redvers Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hassard Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hassard Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Hassard Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Long Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Hassard Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Weymouth Terrace | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Weymouth Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Nightclub | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Stamp Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Appleby Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Theatre/Concert Hall | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Theatre/Concert Hall | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Theatre/Concert Hall | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Theatre/Concert Hall | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Diss Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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