Total Crime Rate

80.0 per 1,000 7/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

33.9 per 1,000 6/10 · Average

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 80.0 7/10
  • Violent crimes 33.9 6/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 30.8 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 15.4 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 15.4 9/10
  • Bicycle theft 6.2 8/10
  • Other theft 6.2 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.1 2/10
  • Robbery 3.1 3/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Forest Road area has the 10th lowest crime rate of 63 local areas in Dalston , and the 159th 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 Forest Road (E8 3BX) in the last 12 months was 80.0 per 1,000 residents and was 73.4% 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 Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.

Violent crimes totalled 11 (≈ 33.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has flat ( -1.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Forest Road (E8 3BX), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 270 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Shopping Area (69 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Forest Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/134)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Theft from the person Beehive Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Mulberry Road Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Woodland Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Theft from the person Woodland Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Burglary Woodland Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Burglary Woodland Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Theft from the person Beehive Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Dalston Junction —
Apr 2026Other theft Dalston Junction Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Dalston Junction Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Theatre/Concert Hall —
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Albion Terrace Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Theft from the person Mulberry Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Theft from the person Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Burglary Stanborough Passage Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Stanborough Passage Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Stanborough Passage Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Other theft Stanborough Passage Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order Stanborough Passage Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Stanborough Passage Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Stanborough Passage Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Shoplifting Stanborough Passage Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Shoplifting Stanborough Passage Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Stanborough Passage Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Other crime Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Theft from the person Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Theft from the person Stanborough Passage Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Burglary Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Ashwin Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Ridley Road Under investigation
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Data Sources

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