Total Crime Rate
254.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
58.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Brett Close area has the 13th highest crime rate of 84 local areas in Clissold , and the 127th highest crime rate of 580 local areas in Hackney .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Brett Close (N16 0BN) in the last 12 months was 254.9 per 1,000 residents and was 126.4% higher than the Clissold average (112.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 48 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -25.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 21 (≈ 58.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 61.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 71.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Brett Close (N16 0BN), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Brett Close, where police recorded 62 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Lordship Terrace (19 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Stoke Newington| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Chestnut Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Hawksley Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Barn Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Barn Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Barn Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Barn Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Barn Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Hawksley Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hawksley Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Woodlea Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hawksley Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Lordship Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Stoke Newington Church Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Stoke Newington Church Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sandbrook Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Sandbrook Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Peppie Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Woodlea Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Woodlea Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Peppie Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Oldfield Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Fleetwood Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Fleetwood Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Bouverie Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Defoe Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Defoe Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Defoe Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Oldfield Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Brett Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Oldfield Road | Under investigation |
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