Total Crime Rate
173.8 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Dalston Square area has the 31st highest crime rate of 64 local areas in Dalston , and the 225th highest crime rate of 599 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 Dalston Square (E8 3GT) in the last 12 months was 173.8 per 1,000 residents and was 39.8% lower than the Dalston average (288.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 38 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -75.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 7 (≈ 17.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 4.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Dalston Square (E8 3GT), 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.
View Crime In Dalston| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Shopping Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Woodland Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ghent Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Gillett Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Woodland Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Woodland Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Woodland Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Atlas Mews | — |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Theatre/Concert Hall | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Atlas Mews | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Theatre/Concert Hall | — |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Sports/Recreation Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Stanborough Passage | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Stanborough Passage | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Stanborough Passage | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Stanborough Passage | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Sports/Recreation Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Sports/Recreation Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Atlas Mews | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
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