Total Crime Rate
231.2 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Scawfell Street area has the 11th highest crime rate of 52 local areas in Haggerston , and the 148th highest crime rate of 599 local areas in Hackney .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Scawfell Street (E2 8NG) in the last 12 months was 231.2 per 1,000 residents and was 75.5% higher than the Haggerston average (131.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 15 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 150.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 29 (≈ 78.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 11.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -25.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Scawfell Street (E2 8NG), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Columbia Road, where police recorded 83 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Horatio Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Hassard Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Elwin Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Elwin Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ropley Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Diss Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Diss Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Ropley Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bath Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Weymouth Terrace | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Weymouth Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Hassard Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Columbia Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hassard Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hassard Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Appleby Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Appleby Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Hackney Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Bath Grove | — |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Stamp Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Stamp Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Stamp Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Columbia Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Columbia Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Edith Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Crabtree Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Yorkton Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Goldsmith'S Row | — |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Goldsmith'S Row | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Shipton Street | — |
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