Total Crime Rate
210.3 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Murray Grove area has the 14th highest crime rate of 36 local areas in Hoxton East & Shoreditch , and the 168th highest 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 7QQ) in the last 12 months was 210.3 per 1,000 residents and was 27.0% 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 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 2 cases , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 500.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -35.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 19 (≈ 75.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 35.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 16.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Murray Grove (N1 7QQ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Cranwood Street, where police recorded 115 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Cherbury Street (34 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Provost Street | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Cherbury Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Wimbourne Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Wimbourne Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Cranwood Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Cranwood Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cranwood Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cranwood Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Underwood Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Wenlock Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Underwood Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Fullwood'S Mews | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Fullwood'S Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Green Mews | — |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Green Mews | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Cranwood Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Green Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Vestry Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Haberdasher Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Provost Estate | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Provost Estate | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Provost Estate | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Provost Estate | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Provost Estate | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Provost Estate | — |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Green Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Green Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Westland Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Westland Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Wimbourne Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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