Total Crime Rate
325.3 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Underwood Street 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 Underwood Street (N1 7LY) 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 Underwood Street (N1 7LY), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Martha'S Buildings, where police recorded 413 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Supermarket (42 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Public order | B144 | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Martha'S Buildings | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Martha'S Buildings | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Martha'S Buildings | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Martha'S Buildings | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Martha'S Buildings | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Martha'S Buildings | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Martha'S Buildings | Formal action is not in the public interest |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Martha'S Buildings | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Martha'S Buildings | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Martha'S Buildings | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Martha'S Buildings | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | B144 | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Martha'S Buildings | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Martha'S Buildings | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Martha'S Buildings | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Martha'S Buildings | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Martha'S Buildings | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Martha'S Buildings | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Martha'S Buildings | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Galway Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Galway Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Galway Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Galway Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Galway Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Ironmonger Row | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Martha'S Buildings | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Martha'S Buildings | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Martha'S Buildings | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Martha'S Buildings | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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