Total Crime Rate
126.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
61.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Amhurst Road area has the 11th lowest crime rate of 43 local areas in Hackney Central , and the 269th 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 Amhurst Road (E8 2AN) in the last 12 months was 126.0 per 1,000 residents and was 38.2% lower 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 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 16 (≈ 61.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -23.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -76.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Amhurst Road (E8 2AN), the main crime hotspot is near Pembury Road. Police recorded 131 crimes here, including 47 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Sigdon Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pembury Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Greenwood Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Pembury Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Pembury Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Spurstowe Terrace | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Pembury Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Pembury Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pembury Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Navarino Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Greenwood Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sigdon Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Navarino Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pembury Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Fassett Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fassett Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sigdon Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Sigdon Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Marcon Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Greenwood Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Greenwood Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wilton Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Dalston Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Pembury Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Pembury Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Pembury Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Sigdon Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Institute Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Institute Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Dalston Lane | — |
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