Total Crime Rate

326.0 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 326.0 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 85.3 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 76.6 9/10
  • Theft from the person 48.1 10/10
  • Other theft 37.2 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 17.5 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 13.1 8/10
  • Public order 13.1 8/10
  • Burglary 10.9 9/10
  • Drugs 10.9 9/10
  • Bicycle theft 8.8 9/10
  • Robbery 2.2 1/10
  • Shoplifting 2.2 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Dawson Street area has the 6th highest crime rate of 52 local areas in Haggerston , and the 81st 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 Dawson Street (E2 8JT) in the last 12 months was 326.0 per 1,000 residents and was 147.5% higher than the Haggerston average (131.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 39 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 66.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 42 (≈ 91.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 10.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 129.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Dawson Street (E2 8JT), 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 Whiston Road (24 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

Crime Over Time in Dawson Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Hoxton —
Sep 2025Other crime Whiston Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Laburnum Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Laburnum Street —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Laburnum Street —
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Weymouth Terrace Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Weymouth Terrace Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Yorkton Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Robbery Whiston Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Whiston Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other crime Whiston Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Hackney Road —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Horatio Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Hackney Road —
Sep 2025Robbery Appleby Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Appleby Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bath Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Cremer Street —
Sep 2025Other theft Cremer Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cremer Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Hoxton —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Hackney Road —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Edith Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Edith Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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