Total Crime Rate
462.2 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Charnock 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.
View Crime In Hackney Downs| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Thistlewaite Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Walsingham Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Ickburgh Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Ickburgh Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Cricketfield Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Cricketfield Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Cricketfield Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Kenninghall Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Cricketfield Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Nightingale Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Della Path | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Della Path | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Walsingham Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ickburgh Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Walsingham Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Downs Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Downs Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Downs Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Downs Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Downs Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Downs Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Downs Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Downs Road | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Downs Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Ickburgh Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Napoleon Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Downs Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Powell Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Ferron Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Queensdown Road | Under investigation |
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