Total Crime Rate

146.0 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 146.0 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 31.8 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 31.8 7/10
  • Burglary 12.7 9/10
  • Drugs 12.7 9/10
  • Other theft 12.7 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 12.7 9/10
  • Bicycle theft 9.5 9/10
  • Theft from the person 9.5 8/10
  • Public order 6.4 5/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.2 2/10
  • Robbery 3.2 4/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Colville Estate area has the 12th highest crime rate of 25 local areas in De Beauvoir , and the 276th highest crime rate of 599 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 5PS) in the last 12 months was 146.0 per 1,000 residents and was 15.0% higher than the De Beauvoir average (126.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 150.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Robbery ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 13 (≈ 41.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -35.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has flat ( 1.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Colville Estate (N1 5PS), the main crime hotspot is near Watercress Place. Police recorded 120 crimes here, including 49 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

Crime Over Time in Colville Estate area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Halcomb Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Hamond Square Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Watercress Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Watercress Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Watercress Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Watercress Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Watercress Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Watercress Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Watercress Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Watercress Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Watercress Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Watercress Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Hamond Square —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Hamond Square —
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Seville Mews Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Watercress Place —
Sep 2025Robbery Halcomb Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other crime Downham Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Downham Road Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Downham Road Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Downham Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Hamond Square Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Theft from the person Hamond Square Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour De Beauvoir Crescent —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Purcell Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Purcell Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Purcell Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Purcell Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Watercress Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Watercress Place —

Data Sources

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