Total Crime Rate

113.5 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 113.5 8/10
  • Theft from the person 25.2 10/10
  • Other theft 14.7 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 14.7 9/10
  • Bicycle theft 12.6 10/10
  • Robbery 10.5 9/10
  • Burglary 8.4 8/10
  • Shoplifting 8.4 5/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 6.3 5/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 4.2 3/10
  • Drugs 2.1 1/10
  • Other crime 2.1 1/10
  • Public order 2.1 1/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 2.1 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

Pitfield Street area has the 7th lowest crime rate of 36 local areas in Hoxton East & Shoreditch , and the 251st lowest 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 Pitfield Street (N1 6JP) in the last 12 months was 113.5 per 1,000 residents and was 60.6% lower than the Hoxton East & Shoreditch average (288.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Theft from the person with 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Violence and sexual offences with 1 case , down -85.7% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -85.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 7 (≈ 14.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -56.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 2.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Pitfield Street (N1 6JP), the main crime hotspot is near Hyde Road. Police recorded 109 crimes here, including 36 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

Crime Over Time in Pitfield Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Ivy Street —
Sep 2025Robbery Gopsall Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Haberdasher Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Fullwood'S Mews Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Jerrold Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Jerrold Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Theft from the person Fullwood'S Mews Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wilks Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Clunbury Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Wilks Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ivy Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Ivy Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Ivy Street —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Ivy Street —
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Hyde Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Ivy Street —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Ivy Street —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Ivy Street —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Ivy Street —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gopsall Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Fanshaw Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Pitfield Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Fanshaw Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Northport Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Homefield Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Pitfield Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cherbury Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Hyde Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Homefield Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Purcell Street Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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