Total Crime Rate
102.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
32.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Brooke Road area has the 9th lowest crime rate of 20 local areas in Hackney Downs , and the 217th lowest 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 Brooke Road (E5 8AB) in the last 12 months was 102.5 per 1,000 residents and was 19.0% lower than the Hackney Downs average (126.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 1 case , down -75.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 150.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Robbery ( -75.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 13 (≈ 32.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -38.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -54.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Brooke Road (E5 8AB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Clapton, where police recorded 131 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Upper Clapton Road (57 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Hackney Downs| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Clapton | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Powell Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Charnwood Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Kenninghall Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Kenninghall Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Kenninghall Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Kenninghall Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Powell Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Powell Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Powell Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Powell Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Clapton | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Reighton Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Ickburgh Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Ickburgh Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ickburgh Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Powell Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Powell Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Powell Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Alcester Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Alcester Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Clapton | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Clapton | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Muir Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Clapton | — |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Nightingale Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Rossendale Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rossendale Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Rossendale Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Rossendale Street | Under investigation |
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