Total Crime Rate
331.7 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Clarence Place area has the 13th highest crime rate of 45 local areas in Hackney Central , and the 78th highest 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 Clarence Place (E5 8HN) in the last 12 months was 331.7 per 1,000 residents and was 70.4% higher than the Hackney Central average (194.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 73 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -36.4% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 30 (≈ 74.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -6.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -45.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Clarence Place (E5 8HN), the main crime hotspot is near Shopping Area. Police recorded 358 crimes here, including 126 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Apprentice Way | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | — |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Shopping Area | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Shopping Area | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Shopping Area | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Gould Terrace | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Gould Terrace | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Gould Terrace | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Gould Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Gould Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Gould Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Gould Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Gould Terrace | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Gould Terrace | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Gould Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Gould Terrace | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Cricketfield Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Cricketfield Road | Under investigation |
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