Total Crime Rate
120.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
33.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Elrington Road area has the 20th lowest crime rate of 63 local areas in Dalston , and the 261st lowest 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 Elrington Road (E8 3BJ) in the last 12 months was 120.9 per 1,000 residents and was 59.7% lower than the Dalston average (300.2 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 Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 12 (≈ 33.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -27.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Elrington Road (E8 3BJ), the main crime hotspot is near Gayhurst Road. Police recorded 107 crimes here, including 34 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Dalston| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Gayhurst Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gayhurst Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Fassett Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Navarino Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Stannard Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Gayhurst Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Gayhurst Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Gayhurst Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Gayhurst Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Gayhurst Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fassett Square | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Thackeray Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Fassett Square | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Fassett Square | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Gayhurst Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Greenwood Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Gayhurst Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Greenwood Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Forest Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Greenwood Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Greenwood Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Elrington Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | St Philip'S Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Philip'S Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Greenwood Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Greenwood Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Lewis Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Clifton Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Navarino Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Massie Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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