Total Crime Rate
376.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
135.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Pembury Road area has the 11th highest crime rate of 43 local areas in Hackney Central , and the 64th highest crime rate of 580 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 8LL) in the last 12 months was 376.4 per 1,000 residents and was 84.8% higher than the Hackney Central average (203.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 46 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 47 (≈ 135.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 9.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -20.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Pembury Road (E5 8LL), the main crime hotspot is near Pembury Road. Police recorded 131 crimes here, including 47 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Hackney Central| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Queensdown Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sigdon Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pembury Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pembury Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hindrey Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hindrey Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Queensdown Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Sigdon Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sigdon Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Dalston Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tolsford Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Shellness Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Dalston Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Dalston Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Dalston Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Clarence Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Clarence Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Clarence Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tolsford Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tolsford Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Pembury Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Pembury Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Pembury Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Pembury Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Pembury Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Poulton Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Andre Street | — |
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