Total Crime Rate
175.6 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Pembury Road area has the 22nd lowest crime rate of 45 local areas in Hackney Central , and the 222nd 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 Pembury Road (E5 8JQ) in the last 12 months was 175.6 per 1,000 residents and was 9.8% 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 17 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Theft from the person ( 400.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -12.5% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 23 (≈ 68.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 9.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 4.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Pembury Road (E5 8JQ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Apprentice Way, where police recorded 200 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.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Tolsford Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Rowhill Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Dalston Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Heyworth Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Bodney Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Dalston Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Dalston Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lower Clapton Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Lower Clapton Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Lower Clapton Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Dalston Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Apprentice Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Apprentice Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Apprentice Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Rowhill Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Rowhill Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Rowhill Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Dalston Lane | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Apprentice Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Apprentice Way | — |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Apprentice Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Goulton Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Goulton Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Apprentice Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Apprentice Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Apprentice Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Rowhill Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Apprentice Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Apprentice Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Apprentice Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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