Total Crime Rate

103.6 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

8.0 per 1,000 2/10 · Very Low

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 103.6 8/10
  • Drugs 15.9 9/10
  • Theft from the person 15.9 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 15.9 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 12.0 6/10
  • Burglary 12.0 9/10
  • Violent crimes 8.0 2/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 8.0 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 4.0 6/10
  • Other crime 4.0 6/10
  • Other theft 4.0 4/10
  • Public order 4.0 4/10
  • Shoplifting 4.0 3/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 4.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Balls Pond Road area has the 16th lowest crime rate of 63 local areas in Dalston , and the 218th lowest 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 Balls Pond Road (N1 4BL) in the last 12 months was 103.6 per 1,000 residents and was 65.5% lower than the Dalston average (300.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Drugs with 4 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 2 (≈ 8.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -15.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Balls Pond Road (N1 4BL), the main crime hotspot is near Kingsland Passage. Police recorded 70 crimes here, including 30 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Balls Pond Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/74)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Burglary Wall Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Burglary Mildmay Grove North Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Burglary King Henry'S Walk Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Arundel Grove —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Arundel Grove —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Arundel Grove —
Apr 2026Burglary King Henry Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft King Henry Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order King Henry Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences King Henry Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences King Henry Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Mildmay Grove North Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences King Henry'S Walk Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Balls Pond Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Queen Margaret'S Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Docwra'S Buildings Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Docwra'S Buildings Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Docwra'S Buildings Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Bicycle theft Docwra'S Buildings Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Docwra'S Buildings —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Docwra'S Buildings —
Apr 2026Other theft Queen Margaret'S Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Other theft King Henry'S Walk Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Nimrod Passage Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Queen Margaret'S Grove Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Burder Road —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Kingsbury Road —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Hawthorne Close —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Stamford Road —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Stamford Road Under investigation
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Data Sources

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