Total Crime Rate
281.3 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Branch Place area has the 6th highest crime rate of 25 local areas in De Beauvoir , and the 112th highest crime rate of 599 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 281.3 per 1,000 residents and was 121.6% higher than the De Beauvoir average (126.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 45 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 542.9% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -42.9% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 29 (≈ 74.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 26.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -27.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Branch Place (N1 5PH), the main crime hotspot is near Hyde Road. Police recorded 109 crimes here, including 36 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Hyde Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Park Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Hyde Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Hyde Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Colville Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Benyon Road | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Benyon Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Benyon Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Benyon Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Colville Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Colville Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Park Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Park Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Park Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Baring Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Hyde Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Baring Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Whitmore Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Whitmore Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Seville Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Whitmore Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Downham Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Downham Road | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Downham Road | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Downham Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Southgate Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Southgate Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Southgate Grove | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Hyde Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Hyde Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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