Total Crime Rate

200.0 per 1,000 9/10 · 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 200.0 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 96.3 10/10
  • Theft from the person 25.9 10/10
  • Burglary 22.2 10/10
  • Other theft 14.8 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 14.8 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 7.4 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 7.4 6/10
  • Drugs 3.7 4/10
  • Other crime 3.7 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.7 3/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

Myrtle Walk area has the 16th highest crime rate of 36 local areas in Hoxton East & Shoreditch , and the 191st highest crime rate of 599 local areas in Hackney .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Myrtle Walk (N1 6QE) in the last 12 months was 200.0 per 1,000 residents and was 30.6% 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 Anti-social behaviour with 26 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Theft from the person ( 133.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 4 (≈ 14.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -63.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 189.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Myrtle Walk (N1 6QE), the main crime hotspot is near Nightclub. Police recorded 271 crimes here, including 89 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Myrtle Walk area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Theft from the person Nightclub Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hare Walk Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Mundy Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Mundy Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Mundy Street Offender given penalty notice
Sep 2025Other theft Mundy Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Mundy Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Retford Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Hamond Square
Sep 2025Public order Hoxton Square Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Hamond Square
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Hamond Square Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Hamond Square Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Hamond Square Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Theft from the person Hamond Square Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hare Walk Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hare Walk Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Redvers Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Purcell Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Charles Square Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Charles Square Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Charles Square Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Purcell Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Purcell Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Purcell Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Robbery Purcell Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Hare Walk Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Purcell Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Purcell Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Purcell Street Under investigation

Data Sources

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