Total Crime Rate
174.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
84.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Cropley Street area has the 18th highest crime rate of 36 local areas in Hoxton East & Shoreditch , and the 217th highest crime rate of 580 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 Cropley Street (N1 7HG) in the last 12 months was 174.1 per 1,000 residents and was 42.5% lower than the Hoxton East & Shoreditch average (302.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 15 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 19 (≈ 84.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -5.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -17.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Cropley Street (N1 7HG), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Cherbury Street, where police recorded 88 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near New North Road (30 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Hoxton West| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Provost Estate | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | East Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Shaftesbury Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | New North Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | New North Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | East Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cropley Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cropley Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | East Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rushton Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nile Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Fullwood'S Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Nile Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Wimbourne Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Wimbourne Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Wimbourne Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wimbourne Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Poole Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Provost Estate | — |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Poole Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Shaftesbury Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Rushton Street | Offender given penalty notice |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bevenden Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Murray Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Provost Estate | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Grange Street | — |
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