Total Crime Rate
146.0 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Colville 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.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Halcomb Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Hamond Square | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Watercress Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Watercress Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Watercress Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Watercress Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Watercress Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Watercress Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Watercress Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Watercress Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Watercress Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Watercress Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Hamond Square | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Hamond Square | — |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Seville Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Watercress Place | — |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Halcomb Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| 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 | Hamond Square | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Hamond Square | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | De Beauvoir Crescent | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Purcell Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Purcell Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Purcell Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Purcell Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Watercress Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Watercress Place | — |
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