Total Crime Rate
176.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
53.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Rookwood Road area has the 8th highest crime rate of 35 local areas in Springfield , and the 211th 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 Rookwood Road (N16 6SP) in the last 12 months was 176.5 per 1,000 residents and was 63.2% higher than the Springfield average (108.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 11 (≈ 53.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -8.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -17.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Rookwood Road (N16 6SP), the main crime hotspot is near Tatton Crescent. Police recorded 173 crimes here, including 38 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Springfield| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Tatton Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Broadway Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Clapton Common | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Clapton Common | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Clapton Common | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Egerton Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Tatton Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Tatton Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Broadway Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Tatton Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Broadway Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Broadway Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Broadway Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Broadway Mews | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Broadway Mews | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Broadway Mews | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Broadway Mews | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Tatton Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Tatton Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Olinda Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Portland Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Tatton Crescent | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Tatton Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tatton Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tatton Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tatton Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tatton Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tatton Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Tatton Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Tatton Crescent | Awaiting court outcome |
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