Total Crime Rate

132.6 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 132.6 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 37.9 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 18.9 10/10
  • Bicycle theft 15.2 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 15.2 4/10
  • Burglary 7.6 7/10
  • Drugs 7.6 7/10
  • Other theft 7.6 7/10
  • Robbery 7.6 8/10
  • Theft from the person 7.6 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.8 3/10
  • Public order 3.8 3/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

Mortimer Road area has the 26th lowest crime rate of 64 local areas in Dalston , and the 299th lowest crime rate of 599 local areas in Hackney .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Mortimer Road (N1 4LB) in the last 12 months was 132.6 per 1,000 residents and was 54.0% lower than the Dalston average (288.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 7 (≈ 26.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -12.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -51.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Mortimer Road (N1 4LB), the main crime hotspot is near Watercress Place. Police recorded 120 crimes here, including 49 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

Crime Over Time in Mortimer Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Watercress Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Nimrod Passage Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Watercress Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Watercress Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Watercress Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Watercress Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Watercress Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Warburton Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Watercress Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Watercress Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Nimrod Passage Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Watercress Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Hertford Road —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area —
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Hertford Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Hertford Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Buckingham Mews —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Glebe Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Glebe Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Glebe Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Watercress Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Culford Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Buckingham Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Stamford Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary De Beauvoir Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs De Beauvoir Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour De Beauvoir Square —
Sep 2025Burglary De Beauvoir Square Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Stamford Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Stamford Road Under investigation

Data Sources

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