Total Crime Rate
129.9 per 1,000
All offences Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Hertford Road area has the 11th lowest crime rate of 25 local areas in De Beauvoir , and the 290th 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 Hertford Road (N1 5EW) in the last 12 months was 129.9 per 1,000 residents and was 2.4% higher than the De Beauvoir average (126.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this areaβs most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 22 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -75.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 16 (β 26.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 60.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 8.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Hertford Road (N1 5EW), 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.
View Crime In De Beauvoir| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Hamond Square | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Arbutus Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | St Peter'S Way | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Hamond Square | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Hamond Square | β |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Hamond Square | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Hamond Square | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Dunston Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Hobbs Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Hamond Square | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Arbutus Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Arbutus Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Arbutus Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | St Peter'S Way | β |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Halcomb Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | St Peter'S Way | β |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Stean Street | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Watercress Place | β |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Whitmore Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Whitmore Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Whitmore Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Watercress Place | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Watercress Place | β |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Watercress Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Nuttall Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Nuttall Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | St Peter'S Way | β |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Halcomb Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Watercress Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Orsman Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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