Total Crime Rate
372.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
109.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Florfield Road area has the 16th highest crime rate of 63 local areas in Dalston , and the 66th 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 Florfield Road (E8 1DT) in the last 12 months was 372.6 per 1,000 residents and was 24.1% higher than the Dalston average (300.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 66 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 4 cases , up 33.3% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -23.5% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 68 (≈ 109.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 1.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 23.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Florfield Road (E8 1DT), 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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