Total Crime Rate
146.0 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Branch Place 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 Branch Place (N1 5PW) 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 Branch Place (N1 5PW), the main crime hotspot is near De Beauvoir Crescent. Police recorded 119 crimes here, including 47 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Grange Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Balmes Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Canal Walk | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Canal Walk | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Branch Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Branch Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Balmes Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Balmes Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Balmes Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Canal Walk | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | De Beauvoir Crescent | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | De Beauvoir Crescent | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | De Beauvoir Crescent | — |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | De Beauvoir Crescent | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | De Beauvoir Crescent | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | De Beauvoir Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | De Beauvoir Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Canal Walk | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Canal Walk | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | De Beauvoir Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Park Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Downham Road | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Downham Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Seville Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Baring Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Baring 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 | Shoplifting | Canal Walk | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Park Place | Under investigation |
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