Total Crime Rate
206.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
87.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Murray Grove area has the 14th highest crime rate of 36 local areas in Hoxton East & Shoreditch , and the 166th 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 Murray Grove (N1 7JY) in the last 12 months was 206.4 per 1,000 residents and was 31.8% 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 Anti-social behaviour with 18 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 66.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Theft from the person ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 22 (≈ 87.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 10.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -26.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Murray Grove (N1 7JY), the main crime hotspot is near Cranwood Street. Police recorded 122 crimes here, including 34 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Hoxton West| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Grange Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cavendish Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Nile Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nile Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Murray Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Murray Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Murray Grove | 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Cavendish Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cavendish Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Provost Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Nile Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Provost Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Provost Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Provost Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Provost Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Provost Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Evelyn Walk | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Evelyn Walk | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Evelyn Walk | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Evelyn Walk | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Evelyn Walk | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Evelyn Walk | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Evelyn Walk | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Nile Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bracklyn Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Provost Estate | — |
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