Total Crime Rate
384.7 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Clarence Road area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 21 local areas in Hackney Downs , and the 59th 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 Clarence Road (E5 8DX) in the last 12 months was 384.7 per 1,000 residents and was 182.4% higher than the Hackney Downs average (136.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 68 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 266.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -9.1% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 79 (≈ 123.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 75.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -39.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Clarence Road (E5 8DX), 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.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Apprentice Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Lower Clapton Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Rowhill Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Newick Road | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Newick Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Newick Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Newick Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Newick Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Newick Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Thistlewaite Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Thistlewaite Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Thistlewaite Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Lower Clapton Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lower Clapton Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Rowhill Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Shellness Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Shellness Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Petrol Station | — |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Petrol Station | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Apprentice Way | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Queensdown Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Queensdown Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Queensdown Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Queensdown Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Rowhill Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Rowhill Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Apprentice Way | — |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Clarence Place | Under investigation |
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