Total Crime Rate
158.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
51.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Garden Place area has the 11th lowest crime rate of 23 local areas in De Beauvoir , and the 256th 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 Garden Place (E8 4JD) in the last 12 months was 158.5 per 1,000 residents and was 20.7% higher than the De Beauvoir average (131.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 18 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 19 (≈ 51.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -9.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -54.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Garden Place (E8 4JD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Samuel Close, where police recorded 76 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Arbutus Street (23 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Haggerston| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Lovelace Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Samuel Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Whiston Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Whiston Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Whiston Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Thurtle Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Boat Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Appleby Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Appleby Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Appleby Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Samuel Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Samuel Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Samuel Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Hebden Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Mary Seacole Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hebden Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hebden Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Jeger Avenue | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Jeger Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Lee Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Lee Street | Offender given penalty notice |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Samuel Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Samuel Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Samuel Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| 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 | Stean Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Whiston Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Laburnum Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Theatre/Concert Hall | Under investigation |
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