Total Crime Rate
246.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
59.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Whitmore Estate area has the 8th highest crime rate of 23 local areas in De Beauvoir , and the 133rd highest crime rate of 580 local areas in Hackney .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Whitmore Estate (N1 5RN) in the last 12 months was 246.1 per 1,000 residents and was 87.4% 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 22 offences recorded. The least common crime was Public order with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 25.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 23 (≈ 59.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -11.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -42.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Whitmore Estate (N1 5RN), the main crime hotspot is near Watercress Place. Police recorded 128 crimes here, including 50 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Hoxton East & Shoreditch| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Theatre/Concert Hall | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Regan Way | — |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Nightclub | Formal action is not in the public interest |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Hemsworth Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Nightclub | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Nightclub | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Nightclub | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Regan Way | — |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Hamond Square | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Hamond Square | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hamond Square | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hamond Square | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Kingsland Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hobbs Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Dunston Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Watercress Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Watercress Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Watercress Place | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Watercress Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Watercress Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Further/Higher Educational Building | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Orsman Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Watercress Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Purcell Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Purcell Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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