Total Crime Rate
325.3 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Shepherdess Walk area has the 6th highest crime rate of 36 local areas in Hoxton East & Shoreditch , and the 82nd highest crime rate of 599 local areas in Hackney .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Shepherdess Walk (N1 7LQ) in the last 12 months was 325.3 per 1,000 residents and was 12.9% 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 Theft from the person with 32 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 400.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -60.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 27 (≈ 81.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -3.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -60.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Shepherdess Walk (N1 7LQ), the main crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 164 crimes here, including 42 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Baldwin Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Prestwood Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Wenlock Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Bletsoe Walk | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Further/Higher Educational Building | — |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Further/Higher Educational Building | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | City Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | City Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Prestwood Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Peerless Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | City Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | City Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | City Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Shepherdess Walk | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Shepherdess Walk | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Shepherdess Walk | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | City Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Godwin Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wellesley Terrace | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Hospital | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Baldwin Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Provost Estate | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Provost Estate | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Provost Estate | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Provost Estate | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Provost Estate | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Baldwin Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Dingley Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Peerless Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Peerless Street | — |
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