Total Crime Rate
360.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
84.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Colville Estate area has the 4th highest crime rate of 23 local areas in De Beauvoir , and the 71st highest crime rate of 580 local areas in Hackney .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Colville Estate (N1 5NG) in the last 12 months was 360.6 per 1,000 residents and was 174.6% higher than the De Beauvoir average (131.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 68 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 33.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Bicycle theft ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 33 (≈ 84.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 6.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -36.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Colville Estate (N1 5NG), 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 | Violence and sexual offences | De Beauvoir Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hyde Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gopsall Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Whitmore Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Whitmore Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Whitmore Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Whitmore Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Hyde Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Ivy Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Ivy Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Grange Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Gopsall Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Grange Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Grange Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Grange Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Grange Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Grange Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Balmes Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Balmes Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Balmes Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Balmes Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hobbs Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hobbs Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Gopsall Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Hyde Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Balmes Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Park Place | Under investigation |
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