Total Crime Rate

85.4 per 1,000 7/10 Β· High

All offences Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 85.4 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 28.5 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 21.4 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 14.2 4/10
  • Burglary 7.1 7/10
  • Other theft 7.1 6/10
  • Drugs 3.6 4/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.6 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 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
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 Β· Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Middleton Road area has the 12th lowest crime rate of 64 local areas in Dalston , and the 186th lowest 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 Middleton Road (E8 4BL) in the last 12 months was 85.4 per 1,000 residents and was 70.4% lower than the Dalston average (288.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Criminal damage and arson with 8 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 700.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 4 (β‰ˆ 14.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 33.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -40.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Middleton Road (E8 4BL), the main crime hotspot is near Glebe Road. Police recorded 92 crimes here, including 33 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Middleton Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour St Peter'S Way β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour St Peter'S Way β€”
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Further/Higher Educational Building Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Further/Higher Educational Building Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Theft from the person Further/Higher Educational Building Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Enfield Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Buxted Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Enfield Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Theft from the person Enfield Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Mayfield Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Beechwood Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Beechwood Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Beechwood Road β€”
Sep 2025Theft from the person Kingsland Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Mayfield Road β€”
Sep 2025Burglary Mayfield Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Cumberland Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Arbutus Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Arbutus Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Arbutus Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Theft from the person Beehive Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Arbutus Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Arbutus Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Arbutus Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Beehive Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Beehive Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Beehive Close β€”
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Freshfield Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Dunston Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Acton Mews β€”

Data Sources

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