Total Crime Rate
300.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
101.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Wellesley Terrace area has the 7th highest crime rate of 36 local areas in Hoxton East & Shoreditch , and the 99th highest crime rate of 580 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 Wellesley Terrace (N1 7NA) in the last 12 months was 300.6 per 1,000 residents and was 0.7% 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 Theft from the person with 26 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Theft from the person ( 52.9% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 35 (≈ 101.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -2.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -66.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Wellesley Terrace (N1 7NA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 156 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Lever Street (59 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 | B144 | — |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Sturt Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | City Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | City Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | City Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | City Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | City Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | City Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | City Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | City Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | B144 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Further/Higher Educational Building | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Further/Higher Educational Building | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Sturt Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | City Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Dingley Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Dingley Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Dingley Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dingley Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Baldwin Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | City Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | City Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Baldwin Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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