Total Crime Rate
2479.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
684.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Kingsland High Street area has the highest crime rate of 63 local areas in Dalston , and the 2nd 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 Kingsland High Street (E8 2FA) in the last 12 months was 2479.5 per 1,000 residents and was 726.0% 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 147 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Possession of weapons ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 117 (≈ 684.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( -0.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has flat ( -0.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Kingsland High Street (E8 2FA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 395 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Shopping Area (142 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Dalston| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Stanborough Passage | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Stanborough Passage | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Stanborough Passage | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Stanborough Passage | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Supermarket | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Supermarket | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Winchester Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Winchester Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Stanborough Passage | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Stanborough Passage | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Winchester Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | John Campbell Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Dalston Junction | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bradbury Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | John Campbell Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | John Campbell Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | John Campbell Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | John Campbell Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Stanborough Passage | Awaiting court outcome |
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