Total Crime Rate

117.5 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 117.5 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 30.0 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 20.0 8/10
  • Robbery 12.5 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 12.5 9/10
  • Burglary 10.0 8/10
  • Drugs 10.0 8/10
  • Public order 10.0 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 2.5 2/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 2.5 1/10
  • Other theft 2.5 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.5 2/10
  • Theft from the person 2.5 2/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

Brooke Road area has the 10th lowest crime rate of 21 local areas in Hackney Downs , and the 262nd lowest 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 Brooke Road (E5 8AB) in the last 12 months was 117.5 per 1,000 residents and was 13.7% lower than the Hackney Downs average (136.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 400.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -80.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 22 (≈ 55.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 100.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -19.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Brooke Road (E5 8AB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Powell Road, where police recorded 142 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Upper Clapton Road (50 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

Crime Over Time in Brooke Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other crime Gunton Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rossendale Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Powell Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Powell Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Powell Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other crime Powell Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Rossendale Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rossendale Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rossendale Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Powell Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rossendale Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Upper Clapton Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Upper Clapton Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Upper Clapton Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Upper Clapton Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Upper Clapton Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Upper Clapton Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Powell Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary Powell Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Upper Clapton Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Charnock Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Ickburgh Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Ickburgh Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Ickburgh Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ickburgh Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Napoleon Road
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Napoleon Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Heyworth Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Powell Road
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Heyworth Road Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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