Total Crime Rate

129.9 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · 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 129.9 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 55.1 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 23.6 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 19.7 8/10
  • Other theft 15.8 9/10
  • Robbery 7.9 8/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.9 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.9 3/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · 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 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.

Crime Over Time in Middleton Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Lavender Grove —
Sep 2025Drugs Scriven Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Lenthall Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Lenthall Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary Lenthall Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Scriven Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Forest Road Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Robbery Forest Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Jacaranda Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Grace Jones Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Hilborough Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Queensbridge Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Queensbridge Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Queensbridge Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Byron Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Richmond Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Scriven Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Jacaranda Grove —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Anna Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Lavender Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Celandine Drive Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Albion Square Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Samuel Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St Philip'S Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime St Philip'S Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson St Philip'S Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Samuel Close —
Sep 2025Burglary Gayhurst Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Samuel Close —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Samuel Close —

Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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