Total Crime Rate
161.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
86.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Middleton Road area has the 27th lowest crime rate of 63 local areas in Dalston , and the 253rd 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 Middleton Road (E8 4LN) in the last 12 months was 161.4 per 1,000 residents and was 46.2% 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 18 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -20.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 22 (≈ 86.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 10.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 70.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Middleton Road (E8 4LN), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Samuel Close, where police recorded 76 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Lavender Grove (20 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Aitken Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Samuel Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Windrush Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Windrush Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Anna Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Livermere Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Anna Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Hilborough Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Hilborough Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Middleton Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Middleton Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Forest Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Scriven Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Lavender Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Scriven Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Samuel Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Samuel Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Samuel Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Samuel Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Samuel Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Samuel Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Queensbridge Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Queensbridge Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Queensbridge Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Samuel Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Brownlow Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Livermere Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lavender Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Shrubland Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Shrubland Road | Under investigation |
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