Total Crime Rate
233.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
56.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Wenlock Street area has the 12th highest crime rate of 36 local areas in Hoxton East & Shoreditch , and the 141st highest crime rate of 580 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 Wenlock Street (N1 7NU) in the last 12 months was 233.1 per 1,000 residents and was 23.0% 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 Anti-social behaviour with 23 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 15 (≈ 56.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -16.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -61.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Wenlock Street (N1 7NU), the main crime hotspot is near B144. Police recorded 99 crimes here, including 37 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Hoxton West| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bletsoe Walk | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | City Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Bracklyn Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Bracklyn Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bracklyn Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Sturt Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Sturt Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Westland Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nile Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Provost Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Niagara Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Nile Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | City Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Bracklyn Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | City Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Evelyn Walk | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | City Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | City Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | City Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | City Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | City Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | City Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | City Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | City Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | City Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | City Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | City Road | — |
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