Total Crime Rate

58.8 per 1,000 6/10 · Typical

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 58.8 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 13.8 6/10
  • Other theft 13.8 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 13.8 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 6.9 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.5 5/10
  • Burglary 3.5 3/10
  • Theft from the person 3.5 5/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Royal Oak Road area has the 5th lowest crime rate of 45 local areas in Hackney Central , and the 117th lowest crime rate of 599 local areas in Hackney .

This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Royal Oak Road (E8 1BT) in the last 12 months was 58.8 per 1,000 residents and was 69.8% lower than the Hackney Central average (194.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 4 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 2 (≈ 6.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -50.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 52.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Royal Oak Road (E8 1BT), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Florfield Road, where police recorded 101 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Sigdon Road (31 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Royal Oak Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Burglary A107 Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dalston Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Hillman Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Hillman Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Hillman Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hillman Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Graham Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Hackney Central Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Hackney Central Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Amhurst Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dalston Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences A107 Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Dalston Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Horton Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Navarino Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Dalston Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Dalston Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Dalston Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sigdon Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Spurstowe Terrace Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Spurstowe Terrace Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences A107 Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences A107 Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences A107 Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Dalston Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Hillman Street
Sep 2025Public order Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Dalston Lane Local resolution
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Eleanor Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Sigdon Road Awaiting court outcome

Data Sources

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