Total Crime Rate

339.7 per 1,000 10/10 Β· Very High

All offences Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 339.7 10/10
  • Bicycle theft 90.9 10/10
  • Other theft 76.6 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 62.2 9/10
  • Drugs 47.9 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 14.4 6/10
  • Theft from the person 14.4 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 9.6 7/10
  • Public order 9.6 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 9.6 8/10
  • Burglary 4.8 5/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 Β· Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Church Walk area has the 7th highest crime rate of 87 local areas in Clissold , and the 71st highest crime rate of 599 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 Church Walk (N16 8QA) in the last 12 months was 339.7 per 1,000 residents and was 194.6% higher than the Clissold average (115.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Bicycle theft with 19 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 400.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Bicycle theft ( -24.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 15 (β‰ˆ 71.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -16.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -27.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Church Walk (N16 8QA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Lavell Street, where police recorded 74 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Albion Road (23 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Church Walk area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Shelford Place β€”
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Clissold Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Spensley Walk Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Spensley Walk Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Spensley Walk Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Spensley Walk Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Albion Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Albion Road Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Albion Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Albion Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Lavell Street β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Albion Grove β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Albion Grove β€”
Sep 2025Drugs Clissold Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Spensley Walk β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Howitt Close β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour B104 β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour B104 β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour B104 β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour B104 β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour B104 β€”
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Milton Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Edward'S Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Clissold Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Stoke Newington Church Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Stoke Newington Church Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Stoke Newington Church Street β€”
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sandbrook Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Albion Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Robbery Spensley Walk Under investigation

Data Sources

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