Total Crime Rate
80.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
33.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Myrtleberry Close 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 Myrtleberry Close (E8 3SZ) 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 Myrtleberry Close (E8 3SZ), the main crime hotspot is near Shopping Area. Police recorded 368 crimes here, including 142 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Theatre/Concert Hall | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Dalston Junction | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Dalston Junction | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Dalston Junction | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Stanborough Passage | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Winchester Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Winchester Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Stanborough Passage | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Stanborough Passage | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Stanborough Passage | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Stanborough Passage | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Stanborough Passage | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Stanborough Passage | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Stanborough Passage | Awaiting court outcome |
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