Total Crime Rate

131.7 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 131.7 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 31.4 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 25.1 6/10
  • Drugs 12.5 9/10
  • Burglary 9.4 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 9.4 7/10
  • Other theft 9.4 8/10
  • Public order 9.4 7/10
  • Theft from the person 9.4 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 6.3 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.1 4/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.1 4/10
  • Robbery 3.1 4/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Murray 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.

Crime Over Time in Murray Grove area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Theft from the person Cranwood Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Theatre/Concert Hall Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Theatre/Concert Hall Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Theatre/Concert Hall Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cranwood Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Theatre/Concert Hall Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Theatre/Concert Hall Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Nile Street
Sep 2025Public order Nile Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Provost Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Provost Street Local resolution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Vestry Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wellesley Terrace Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Theft from the person Hospital Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Chart Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Alford Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Wimbourne Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Wimbourne Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Prestwood Street
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Prestwood Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Shepherdess Walk

Data Sources

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