Total Crime Rate
114.5 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Poole Street area has the 10th lowest crime rate of 25 local areas in De Beauvoir , and the 253rd 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 Poole Street (N1 5ED) in the last 12 months was 114.5 per 1,000 residents and was 9.8% lower than the De Beauvoir average (126.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 2 cases , down -66.7% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 12 (≈ 24.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 33.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 144.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Poole Street (N1 5ED), 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Balmes Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Benyon Road | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Park Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Park Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Park Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Benyon Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Benyon Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Benyon Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Canal Walk | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Baring Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Canal Walk | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Canal Walk | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Canal Walk | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Canal Walk | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Canal Walk | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Canal Walk | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Park Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Baring Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Branch Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Wilton Villas | — |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Basire Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Basire Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Basire Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Basire Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Wilton Villas | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Wilton Villas | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Hullbridge Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Sherborne Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Hullbridge Mews | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Hullbridge Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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