Total Crime Rate
491.6 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Rochford Walk area has the 8th highest crime rate of 64 local areas in Dalston , and the 35th 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 Rochford Walk (E8 3HG) in the last 12 months was 491.6 per 1,000 residents and was 70.4% higher than the Dalston average (288.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Other theft with 31 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -60.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 41 (≈ 138.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -10.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 6.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Rochford Walk (E8 3HG), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Gayhurst Road, where police recorded 86 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Shrubland Road (36 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Dalston| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Grand Union Crescent | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shrubland Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shrubland Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shrubland Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shrubland Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Richmond Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shrubland Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shrubland Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shrubland Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shrubland Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shrubland Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shrubland Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shrubland Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Shrubland Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Martello Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Wilman Grove | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Middleton Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Middleton Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Martello Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Lavender Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Martello Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Windrush Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Gayhurst Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Gayhurst Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Gayhurst Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Gayhurst Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Martello Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Martello Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Gayhurst Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Eleanor Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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