Total Crime Rate
220.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
84.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Colville Estate area has the 9th highest crime rate of 23 local areas in De Beauvoir , and the 153rd highest crime rate of 580 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 Colville Estate (N1 5NL) in the last 12 months was 220.3 per 1,000 residents and was 67.8% higher than the De Beauvoir average (131.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 31 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -80.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 35 (≈ 84.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 2.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -6.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Colville Estate (N1 5NL), 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 | Other theft | Hyde Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Canal Walk | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Canal Walk | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Canal Walk | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Canal Walk | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Canal Walk | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Canal Walk | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Canal Walk | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hobbs Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Halcomb Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hobbs Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Gopsall Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Gopsall Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gopsall Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| 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 | Robbery | Canal Walk | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Halcomb Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hyde Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Benyon Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | De Beauvoir Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | De Beauvoir Crescent | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | De Beauvoir Crescent | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Rushton Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Rushton Street | Offender given penalty notice |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rushton Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Park Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Benyon Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Halcomb Street | Under investigation |
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