Total Crime Rate
323.9 per 1,000
All offences Β· May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
82.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Hobbs Place Estate area has the 5th highest crime rate of 23 local areas in De Beauvoir , and the 82nd highest 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 Hobbs Place Estate (N1 5HY) in the last 12 months was 323.9 per 1,000 residents and was 146.7% higher than the De Beauvoir average (131.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this areaβs most reported crimes were Bicycle theft with 40 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 33.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Robbery ( -75.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 32 (β 82.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -17.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 70.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Hobbs Place Estate (N1 5HY), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Hyde Road, where police recorded 126 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near De Beauvoir Crescent (35 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Hoxton East & Shoreditch| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Ivy Street | β |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Buckland Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Buckland Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Buckland Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Balmes Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Balmes Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Balmes Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Balmes Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Balmes Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Balmes Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Balmes Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Balmes Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Buckland Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Hemsworth Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Buckland Street | β |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Halcomb Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Halcomb Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Halcomb Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Halcomb Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Fern Close | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Fern Close | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Fern Close | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Fern Close | β |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gopsall Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Gopsall Street | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Fern Close | β |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Buckland Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Ivy Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hobbs Place | β |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Phillipp Street | Under investigation |
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