Total Crime Rate
152.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
28.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Branch Place area has the 10th lowest crime rate of 23 local areas in De Beauvoir , and the 268th 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 Branch Place (N1 5PW) in the last 12 months was 152.4 per 1,000 residents and was 16.1% higher than the De Beauvoir average (131.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 17 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Theft from the person ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 9 (≈ 28.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -34.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Branch Place (N1 5PW), 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 | Theft from the person | Baring Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Benyon Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Northport Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Northport Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Northport Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Northport Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Ufton Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Ufton Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Penn Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Penn Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Lawford Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Lawford Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Benyon Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Benyon Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Benyon Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Northport Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hyde Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Hyde Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Hyde Road | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Hyde Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Hyde Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Park Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Hyde Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Hyde Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Hyde Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hyde Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Grange Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Grange Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Northport Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Southgate Grove | — |
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