Total Crime Rate
220.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
63.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Narford Road area has the 10th highest crime rate of 43 local areas in Cazenove , and the 152nd 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 Narford Road (E5 8RD) in the last 12 months was 220.8 per 1,000 residents and was 207.8% higher than the Cazenove average (71.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 34 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 16.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 25 (≈ 63.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -3.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -19.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Narford Road (E5 8RD), the main crime hotspot is near Upper Clapton Road. Police recorded 114 crimes here, including 57 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Hackney Downs| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Ickburgh Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rossendale Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Ickburgh Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ickburgh Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Muir Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Reighton Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Muir Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Rossendale Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Rossington Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rossington Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rossington Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rossington Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Rossendale Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Brooke Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Rossendale Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Maury Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Maury Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Maury Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Maury Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Narford Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Maury Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Laundress Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Charnwood Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Evering Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Evering Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Brooke Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Evering Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Nightingale Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Upper Clapton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Northwold Road | Under investigation |
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