Total Crime Rate

114.5 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 114.5 8/10
  • Shoplifting 26.1 7/10
  • Other theft 12.1 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 12.1 3/10
  • Theft from the person 10.0 9/10
  • Bicycle theft 8.0 9/10
  • Burglary 8.0 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 8.0 6/10
  • Drugs 8.0 8/10
  • Robbery 8.0 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 6.0 5/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 4.0 2/10
  • Public order 4.0 4/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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

Poole 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.

Crime Over Time in Poole Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Balmes Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Benyon Road Local resolution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Park Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Park Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Park Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Benyon Road —
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Benyon Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Benyon Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Canal Walk Local resolution
Sep 2025Theft from the person Baring Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Canal Walk Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Canal Walk Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Canal Walk Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Canal Walk Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Canal Walk Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Canal Walk Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Park Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Baring Street —
Sep 2025Drugs Branch Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Wilton Villas —
Sep 2025Burglary Basire Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Basire Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Basire Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Basire Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Wilton Villas —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Wilton Villas —
Sep 2025Other theft Hullbridge Mews Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Sherborne Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Hullbridge Mews Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Hullbridge Mews Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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