Total Crime Rate

530.7 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 530.7 10/10
  • Theft from the person 103.4 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 78.2 9/10
  • Shoplifting 67.0 8/10
  • Other theft 58.7 10/10
  • Public order 47.5 10/10
  • Bicycle theft 39.1 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 33.5 9/10
  • Burglary 33.5 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 22.4 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 19.6 10/10
  • Drugs 11.2 9/10
  • Possession of weapons 8.4 9/10
  • Robbery 8.4 8/10
  • Other crime 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

Hartwell Street area has the 7th highest crime rate of 64 local areas in Dalston , and the 29th highest crime rate of 599 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 Hartwell Street (E8 3DU) in the last 12 months was 530.7 per 1,000 residents and was 84.0% higher than the Dalston average (288.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Theft from the person with 37 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 3 cases , up 200.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Robbery ( -75.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 51 (≈ 142.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 18.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -57.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Hartwell Street (E8 3DU), the main crime hotspot is near Shopping Area. Police recorded 407 crimes here, including 146 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Hartwell Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Theft from the person Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Nightclub Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Stanborough Passage Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Stanborough Passage Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Stanborough Passage Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Theft from the person Stanborough Passage Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Stanborough Passage Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ashwin Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Kingsland Passage Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Colvestone Crescent
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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