Total Crime Rate

462.2 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 462.2 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 113.5 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 90.3 10/10
  • Theft from the person 56.7 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 46.2 10/10
  • Other theft 33.6 10/10
  • Burglary 29.4 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 25.2 10/10
  • Public order 25.2 10/10
  • Robbery 14.7 10/10
  • Drugs 10.5 8/10
  • Bicycle theft 8.4 9/10
  • Other crime 6.3 8/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.1 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

Charnock Road area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 21 local areas in Hackney Downs , and the 39th highest crime rate of 599 local areas in Hackney .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Charnock Road (E5 8DP) in the last 12 months was 462.2 per 1,000 residents and was 239.3% higher than the Hackney Downs average (136.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 54 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -21.4% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 63 (≈ 132.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 6.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 125.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Charnock Road (E5 8DP), the main crime hotspot is near Apprentice Way. Police recorded 200 crimes here, including 54 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Charnock Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Theft from the person Thistlewaite Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Walsingham Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Ickburgh Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Ickburgh Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Cricketfield Road
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Cricketfield Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Cricketfield Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Kenninghall Road
Sep 2025Theft from the person Cricketfield Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Nightingale Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Della Path Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Della Path Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Walsingham Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ickburgh Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Walsingham Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Downs Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Downs Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Downs Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Downs Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Downs Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Downs Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Downs Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Downs Road Local resolution
Sep 2025Drugs Downs Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Ickburgh Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Napoleon Road
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Downs Road
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Powell Road
Sep 2025Public order Ferron Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Queensdown Road Under investigation

Data Sources

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