Total Crime Rate

511.1 per 1,000 10/10 · 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 511.1 10/10
  • Other theft 124.4 10/10
  • Theft from the person 124.4 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 75.6 9/10
  • Shoplifting 66.7 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 53.3 10/10
  • Public order 22.2 9/10
  • Drugs 17.8 10/10
  • Burglary 8.9 8/10
  • Robbery 8.9 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 8.9 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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

Brunswick Place area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 36 local areas in Hoxton East & Shoreditch , and the 32nd 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 Brunswick Place (N1 6DZ) in the last 12 months was 511.1 per 1,000 residents and was 77.4% higher than the Hoxton East & Shoreditch average (288.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Other theft with 28 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 2 cases , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 24 (≈ 106.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -14.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 47.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Brunswick Place (N1 6DZ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Martha'S Buildings, where police recorded 413 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Boot Street (60 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

Crime Over Time in Brunswick Place area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Burglary Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Further/Higher Educational Building Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Further/Higher Educational Building Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Further/Higher Educational Building Local resolution
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Further/Higher Educational Building Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Cowper Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Cowper Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Cowper Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Mallow Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Martha'S Buildings Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Martha'S Buildings Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Martha'S Buildings Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Martha'S Buildings Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Martha'S Buildings Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Martha'S Buildings Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Peerless Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Further/Higher Educational Building Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Further/Higher Educational Building Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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