Total Crime Rate

228.9 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

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 228.9 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 60.2 9/10
  • Burglary 24.1 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 24.1 10/10
  • Robbery 24.1 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 24.1 10/10
  • Public order 18.1 9/10
  • Theft from the person 18.1 9/10
  • Bicycle theft 12.1 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 6.0 3/10
  • Drugs 6.0 6/10
  • Other theft 6.0 6/10
  • Shoplifting 6.0 4/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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

Dalston Lane area has the 25th highest crime rate of 64 local areas in Dalston , and the 152nd highest crime rate of 599 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 Dalston Lane (E8 2AB) in the last 12 months was 228.9 per 1,000 residents and was 20.6% lower than the Dalston average (288.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , down -75.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -75.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 17 (≈ 102.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 41.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 72.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Dalston Lane (E8 2AB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 111 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Shopping Area (31 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Dalston Lane area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Acer Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Forest Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Woodland Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Woodland Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Woodland Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Supermarket
Sep 2025Robbery Richmond Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Woodland Street
Sep 2025Theft from the person Richmond Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Forest Road Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Other theft Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Atlas Mews
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Grace Jones Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Atlas Mews
Sep 2025Public order Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson St Philip'S Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime St Philip'S Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St Philip'S Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Fassett Square Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Fassett Square Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary St Mark'S Rise Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Fassett Square Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ridley Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Awaiting court outcome

Data Sources

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