Total Crime Rate
270.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
87.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Pembury Road area has the 16th highest crime rate of 43 local areas in Hackney Central , and the 119th 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 8LR) in the last 12 months was 270.8 per 1,000 residents and was 32.9% higher than the Hackney Central average (203.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 25 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -57.1% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 37 (≈ 87.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 5.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -67.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Pembury Road (E5 8LR), 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Sigdon Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Brett Passage | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Pembury Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Pembury Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Pembury Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Pembury Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Pembury Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Brett Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Brett Passage | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Brett Passage | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Brett Passage | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Brett Passage | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Marcon Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pembury Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Brett Passage | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | A107 | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | A107 | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Cricketfield Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Pembury Place | — |
| 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 | Clarence Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Pembury Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pembury Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pembury Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Athlone Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hindrey Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tolsford Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tolsford Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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