Total Crime Rate
360.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
84.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Branch Place 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 Branch Place (N1 5PH) 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 Branch Place (N1 5PH), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Hyde Road, where police recorded 126 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Balmes Road (32 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 | Public order | Cleveland Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Penn Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Theatre/Concert Hall | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Benyon Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Northport Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Southgate Grove | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rosemary Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rosemary Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Rosemary Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Southgate Grove | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Southgate Grove | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Penn Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Penally Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Cleveland Road | 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Wiltshire Row | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Wiltshire Row | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Balmes Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Balmes Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Lawford Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Lawford Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Balmes Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Grange Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Northport Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Park Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Ufton Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Ufton Road | — |
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