Total Crime Rate
319.4 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Southgate Road area has the 19th highest crime rate of 64 local areas in Dalston , and the 85th highest crime rate of 599 local areas in Hackney .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Southgate Road (N1 3JD) in the last 12 months was 319.4 per 1,000 residents and was 10.7% higher than the Dalston average (288.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Theft from the person with 20 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -61.5% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 17 (≈ 64.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 41.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -11.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Southgate Road (N1 3JD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Canal Walk, where police recorded 92 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Balmes Road (29 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Oakley Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Deacon Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Elmore Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Seville Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Northchurch Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Northchurch Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Balmes Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Balmes Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Balmes Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Southgate Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Southgate Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Southgate Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Southgate Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Deacon Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Downham Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Park Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Baxter Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Oakley Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Downham Road | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Downham Road | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Kelvedon Mews | — |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Downham Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Southgate Grove | — |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Southgate Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Southgate Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Englefield Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Culford Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Englefield Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Park Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Park Place | Under investigation |
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