Total Crime Rate
302.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
88.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Whitmore Estate area has the 6th highest crime rate of 23 local areas in De Beauvoir , and the 95th 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 Whitmore Estate (N1 5LU) in the last 12 months was 302.3 per 1,000 residents and was 130.2% higher than the De Beauvoir average (131.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 42 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 110.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -60.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 39 (≈ 88.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 25.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -67.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Whitmore Estate (N1 5LU), 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 | Fern Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Hobbs Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hobbs Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Whitmore Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Whitmore Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Whitmore Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Whitmore Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Nightclub | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Nightclub | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Nightclub | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Jerrold Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Nightclub | Formal action is not in the public interest |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hyde Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Hyde Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Hyde Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Hyde Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Hyde Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Hyde Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Hyde Road | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Hyde Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hyde Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Further/Higher Educational Building | Local resolution |
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