Total Crime Rate
129.9 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Middleton Road area has the 23rd lowest crime rate of 64 local areas in Dalston , and the 289th lowest crime rate of 599 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 Middleton Road (E8 4LN) in the last 12 months was 129.9 per 1,000 residents and was 55.0% lower than the Dalston average (288.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 14 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 75.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -75.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 16 (≈ 63.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 45.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 197.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Middleton Road (E8 4LN), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Livermere Road, where police recorded 67 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Richmond Road (25 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Lavender Grove | — |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Scriven Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Lenthall Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Lenthall Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Lenthall Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Scriven Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Forest Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Forest Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Jacaranda Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Grace Jones Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Hilborough Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Queensbridge Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Queensbridge Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Queensbridge Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Byron Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Richmond Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Scriven Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Jacaranda Grove | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Anna Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Lavender Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Celandine Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Albion Square | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Samuel Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | St Philip'S Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | St Philip'S Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | St Philip'S Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Samuel Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Gayhurst Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Samuel Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Samuel Close | — |
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