Total Crime Rate
131.7 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Murray Grove area has the 10th lowest crime rate of 36 local areas in Hoxton East & Shoreditch , and the 297th lowest crime rate of 599 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 7NN) in the last 12 months was 131.7 per 1,000 residents and was 54.3% lower than the Hoxton East & Shoreditch average (288.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -55.6% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 13 (≈ 40.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -48.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 2.2% 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 115 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near B144 (35 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Cranwood Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Theatre/Concert Hall | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Theatre/Concert Hall | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Theatre/Concert Hall | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cranwood Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Theatre/Concert Hall | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Theatre/Concert Hall | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Nile Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Nile Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Provost Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Provost Street | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Vestry Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| 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 | Bicycle theft | Chart Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Alford Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Wimbourne Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Wimbourne Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Prestwood Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Prestwood Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Shepherdess Walk | — |
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