Total Crime Rate
146.8 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Micawber Street area has the 13th lowest crime rate of 36 local areas in Hoxton East & Shoreditch , and the 275th highest crime rate of 599 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 Micawber Street (N1 7TB) in the last 12 months was 146.8 per 1,000 residents and was 49.1% 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 Burglary with 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. Overall, crime levels by type were broadly flat compared to 2025, with no category showing a clear year-on-year rise or fall.
Violent crimes totalled 6 (≈ 27.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ).
In the area around Micawber Street (N1 7TB), the main crime hotspot is near Lever Street. Police recorded 210 crimes here, including 125 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Hoxton East & Shoreditch| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Galway Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | City Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Dingley Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Dingley Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Dingley Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | City Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | City Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | City Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | City Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | City Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | City Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Macclesfield Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | City Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wellesley Terrace | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| 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 | Vehicle crime | Macclesfield Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Godwin Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Central Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Mora Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wharf Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Prestwood Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Prestwood Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Shepherdess Walk | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Shepherdess Walk | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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