Total Crime Rate
188.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
56.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Scholars 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.
View Crime In Stoke Newington| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Knebworth Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Albion Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Lordship Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Chesholm Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hawksley Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hawksley Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Albion Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Albion Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Hawksley Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sandbrook Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Barn Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Fleetwood Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Fleetwood Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | B104 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | B104 | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Barn Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Sandbrook Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Stoke Newington Church Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Barn Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Gunstor Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kynaston Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Nevill Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Kynaston Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Barbauld Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Gunstor Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Gunstor Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Gunstor Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Stoke Newington Church Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Kynaston Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Kynaston Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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