Total Crime Rate
142.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
39.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Middleton 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.
View Crime In London Fields| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Roseberry Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Arbutus Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Roseberry Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Stean Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Stean Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Beehive Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Arbutus Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Arbutus Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Arbutus Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Arbutus Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Arbutus Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Arbutus Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Roseberry Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Beehive Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Mayfield Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Mayfield Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Freshfield Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Stean Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Acton Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Glebe Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cumberland Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cumberland Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Roseberry Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Roseberry Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Forest Grove | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bus/Coach Station | — |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Glebe Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Glebe Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Glebe Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Glebe Road | Under investigation |
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