Total Crime Rate

142.4 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

39.2 per 1,000 7/10 · High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 142.4 9/10
  • Violent crimes 39.2 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 39.2 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 28.5 9/10
  • Drugs 28.5 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 24.9 10/10
  • Theft from the person 10.7 9/10
  • Other theft 7.1 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.6 5/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Middleton Road area has the 23rd lowest crime rate of 63 local areas in Dalston , and the 289th highest 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 Middleton Road (E8 4BL) in the last 12 months was 142.4 per 1,000 residents and was 52.6% 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 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 700.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 11 (≈ 39.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 57.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -52.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Middleton Road (E8 4BL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near St Peter'S Way, where police recorded 95 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Glebe Road (32 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Middleton Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Theft from the person Roseberry Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Arbutus Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Theft from the person Roseberry Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Stean Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Stean Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Theft from the person Beehive Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Theft from the person Arbutus Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Theft from the person Arbutus Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order Arbutus Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Arbutus Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Arbutus Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Arbutus Street
Apr 2026Theft from the person Roseberry Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Theft from the person Beehive Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Drugs Mayfield Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Drugs Mayfield Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Freshfield Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Theft from the person Stean Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Theft from the person Acton Mews Under investigation
Apr 2026Theft from the person Glebe Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Cumberland Close
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Cumberland Close
Apr 2026Theft from the person Roseberry Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Theft from the person Roseberry Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Forest Grove
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Bus/Coach Station
Apr 2026Theft from the person Glebe Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Robbery Glebe Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Possession of weapons Glebe Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Glebe Road Under investigation

Data Sources

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