Total Crime Rate
310.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
111.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Glebe Road area has the 19th highest crime rate of 63 local areas in Dalston , and the 91st highest crime rate of 580 local areas in Hackney .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Glebe Road (E8 4BD) in the last 12 months was 310.0 per 1,000 residents and was 3.3% higher than the Dalston average (300.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Theft from the person with 33 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 2 cases , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 48 (≈ 111.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -5.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -42.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Glebe Road (E8 4BD), the main crime hotspot is near Watercress Place. Police recorded 128 crimes here, including 50 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In London Fields| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Haggerston Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Mortimer Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Stean Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Stean Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Glebe Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Glebe Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Hertford Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Hertford Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Albion Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | De Beauvoir Square | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mulberry Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Lee Street | Offender given penalty notice |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Mortimer Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Haggerston Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Lee Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Mulberry Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Mulberry Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Mulberry Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Glebe Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Theatre/Concert Hall | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nimrod Passage | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Nimrod Passage | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Nimrod Passage | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Theatre/Concert Hall | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Holly Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Stean Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Frederick Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cumberland Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Park/Open Space | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Glebe Road | Under investigation |
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