Total Crime Rate

231.2 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 231.2 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 40.3 8/10
  • Other theft 35.0 10/10
  • Theft from the person 32.3 10/10
  • Bicycle theft 29.6 10/10
  • Robbery 24.2 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 21.5 8/10
  • Burglary 16.1 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 13.4 8/10
  • Public order 13.4 8/10
  • Drugs 2.7 2/10
  • Other crime 2.7 2/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 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

Scawfell 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.

Crime Over Time in Scawfell Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Horatio Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Hassard Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Elwin Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Elwin Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ropley Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Diss Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Diss Street
Sep 2025Theft from the person Ropley Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bath Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Weymouth Terrace Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Weymouth Terrace Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Hassard Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Columbia Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hassard Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hassard Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Appleby Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Appleby Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Hackney Road
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Bath Grove
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Stamp Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Stamp Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Stamp Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Columbia Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Theft from the person Columbia Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Edith Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Crabtree Close
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Yorkton Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Goldsmith'S Row
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Goldsmith'S Row Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Shipton Street

Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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