Total Crime Rate
149.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
57.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Murray Grove area has the 14th lowest crime rate of 36 local areas in Hoxton East & Shoreditch , and the 275th highest crime rate of 580 local areas in Hackney .
Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.
The overall crime rate in the area around Murray Grove (N1 7QF) in the last 12 months was 149.4 per 1,000 residents and was 50.6% 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 16 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -20.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 19 (≈ 57.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -13.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -32.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Murray Grove (N1 7QF), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Charles Square, where police recorded 141 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Cranwood Street (34 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 | Buckland Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Haberdasher Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Mintern Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Mintern Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Nile Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Nile Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Nile Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nile Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Haberdasher Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Haberdasher Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Mintern Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cherbury Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Cherbury Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Cherbury Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Cherbury Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cherbury Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cherbury Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cherbury Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Mintern Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Buckland Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Murray Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Theatre/Concert Hall | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Cranwood Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Cranwood Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cranwood Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cranwood Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Further/Higher Educational Building | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Further/Higher Educational Building | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Further/Higher Educational Building | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Theatre/Concert Hall | Under investigation |
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