Total Crime Rate
326.0 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Dawson 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.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Hoxton | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Whiston Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Laburnum Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Laburnum Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Laburnum Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | 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 | Criminal damage and arson | Yorkton Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Whiston Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Whiston Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Whiston Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Hackney Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Horatio Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Hackney Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Appleby Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Appleby Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bath Grove | 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 | Robbery | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Hoxton | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Hackney Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Edith Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Edith Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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