Total Crime Rate
301.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
153.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Florfield Road area has the 13th highest crime rate of 43 local areas in Hackney Central , and the 97th highest crime rate of 580 local areas in Hackney .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Florfield Road (E8 1DD) in the last 12 months was 301.8 per 1,000 residents and was 48.1% 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 32 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Theft from the person ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -36.4% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 52 (≈ 153.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 2.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -81.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Florfield Road (E8 1DD), the main crime hotspot is near Shopping Area. Police recorded 383 crimes here, including 159 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 | Theft from the person | Shopping Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Marvin Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Theatre/Concert Hall | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Theatre/Concert Hall | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Further/Higher Educational Building | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Marvin Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Marvin Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Marvin Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Hackney Central | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Marvin Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Marvin Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Hillman Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Hillman Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hillman Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Lyme Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lyme Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lyme Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hackney Central | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Hackney Central | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Gould Terrace | Offender given penalty notice |
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