Crime Rates at Royal Oak Road, London, E8 1BT

Royal Oak Road area has the 8th lowest crime rate of 43 local areas in Hackney Central , and the 206th lowest crime rate of 580 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 Royal Oak Road (E8 1BT) in the last 12 months was 96.9 per 1,000 residents and was 52.4% lower 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 5 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Theft from the person ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -20.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 4 (≈ 13.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 100.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 7.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Royal Oak Road (E8 1BT), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Marvin Street, where police recorded 79 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Sigdon Road (30 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.