Total Crime Rate

96.7 per 1,000 7/10 Β· High

All offences Β· 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 96.7 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 44.6 8/10
  • Other theft 11.2 8/10
  • Public order 11.2 8/10
  • Burglary 7.4 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.7 3/10
  • Drugs 3.7 4/10
  • Other crime 3.7 5/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.7 6/10
  • Theft from the person 3.7 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.7 3/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 Β· Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Clarence Road area has the 11th lowest crime rate of 45 local areas in Hackney Central , and the 212th lowest crime rate of 599 local areas in Hackney .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Clarence Road (E5 8JL) in the last 12 months was 96.7 per 1,000 residents and was 50.3% lower than the Hackney Central average (194.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 16 (β‰ˆ 59.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 23.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 2.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Clarence Road (E5 8JL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Gould Terrace, where police recorded 239 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Mare Street (59 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

Crime Over Time in Clarence Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gould Terrace Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Clarence Mews β€”
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Clarence Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Lower Clapton Road β€”
Sep 2025Theft from the person Lower Clapton Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lower Clapton Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Brett Passage Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Linscott Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Orchard Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Clarence Mews β€”
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Clarence Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Clarence Mews Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Clarence Mews Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Clarence Mews Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Clarence Mews Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Linscott Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Linscott Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Linscott Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Linscott Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Tolsford Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Clarence Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Linscott Road β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Rowhill Road β€”
Sep 2025Public order Cricketfield Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Cricketfield Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Brett Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Brett Road β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Brett Road β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Rowhill Road β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Rowhill Road β€”

Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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