Total Crime Rate

188.7 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

56.6 per 1,000 8/10 · High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 188.7 9/10
  • Violent crimes 56.6 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 50.3 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 50.3 8/10
  • Theft from the person 18.9 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 15.7 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 15.7 9/10
  • Drugs 9.4 8/10
  • Other theft 9.4 8/10
  • Burglary 6.3 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.1 4/10
  • Other crime 3.1 3/10
  • Public order 3.1 2/10
  • Robbery 3.1 4/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Scholars Place area has the 20th highest crime rate of 84 local areas in Clissold , and the 196th 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 Scholars Place (N16 0RF) in the last 12 months was 188.7 per 1,000 residents and was 67.6% 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 16 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Theft from the person ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 18 (≈ 56.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -30.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -18.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Scholars Place (N16 0RF), the highest concentration of overall crime is near B104, where police recorded 65 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.

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Crime Over Time in Scholars Place area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Bicycle theft Knebworth Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Albion Grove Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Lordship Terrace Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Burglary Chesholm Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Hawksley Road
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Hawksley Road
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Albion Grove Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Albion Grove Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Hawksley Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Sandbrook Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Barn Street
Apr 2026Other theft Fleetwood Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Fleetwood Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Theft from the person B104 Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour B104
Apr 2026Public order Barn Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order Sandbrook Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Theft from the person Stoke Newington Church Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Theft from the person Barn Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Gunstor Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Kynaston Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Bicycle theft Nevill Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Kynaston Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Barbauld Road
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Gunstor Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Gunstor Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Gunstor Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Bicycle theft Stoke Newington Church Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Kynaston Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Burglary Kynaston Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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