Total Crime Rate
131.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
37.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Murray Grove area has the 11th lowest crime rate of 36 local areas in Hoxton East & Shoreditch , and the 280th lowest 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 Murray Grove (N1 7NN) in the last 12 months was 131.7 per 1,000 residents and was 56.5% 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 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Theft from the person ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 12 (≈ 37.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -14.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -52.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Murray Grove (N1 7NN), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Cranwood Street, where police recorded 122 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near B144 (37 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 | Burglary | Parr Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cherbury Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cropley Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cropley Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Evelyn Walk | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cherbury Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cherbury Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cherbury Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Cherbury Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Wimbourne Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Murray Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Murray Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Murray Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Peerless Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | B144 | — |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | B144 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | B144 | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Wimbourne Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Wimbourne Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | B144 | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Hospital | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Hospital | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Hospital | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Godwin Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Hospital | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Hospital | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Hospital | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Hospital | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hospital | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Niagara Close | Under investigation |
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