Total Crime Rate

243.3 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

87.6 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 243.3 10/10
  • Violent crimes 87.6 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 65.7 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 48.7 10/10
  • Burglary 21.9 10/10
  • Theft from the person 19.5 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 17.0 9/10
  • Drugs 14.6 9/10
  • Public order 14.6 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 14.6 9/10
  • Bicycle theft 7.3 9/10
  • Other theft 7.3 6/10
  • Robbery 7.3 8/10
  • Other crime 2.4 1/10
  • Shoplifting 2.4 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Lower Clapton Road area has the 19th highest crime rate of 43 local areas in Hackney Central , and the 136th highest crime rate of 580 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 Lower Clapton Road (E5 0PD) in the last 12 months was 243.3 per 1,000 residents and was 19.4% higher than the Hackney Central average (203.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 27 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -40.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 36 (≈ 87.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -16.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -24.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Lower Clapton Road (E5 0PD), the main crime hotspot is near Shopping Area. Police recorded 383 crimes here, including 159 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Lower Clapton Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson College Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Robbery Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Mare Street
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Mare Street
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Mare Street
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Mare Street
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Mare Street
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Mare Street
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Mare Street
Apr 2026Theft from the person Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Mare Street
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Lower Clapton Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Clapton Square Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Clapton Square Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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