Total Crime Rate
339.7 per 1,000
All offences Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Church 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 areaβs 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 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.
View Crime In Clissold| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Shelford Place | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Clissold Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Spensley Walk | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Spensley Walk | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Spensley Walk | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Spensley Walk | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Albion Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Albion Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Albion Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Albion Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Lavell Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Albion Grove | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Albion Grove | β |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Clissold Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Spensley Walk | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Howitt Close | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | B104 | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | B104 | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | B104 | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | B104 | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | B104 | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Milton Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Edward'S Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Clissold Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Stoke Newington Church Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Stoke Newington Church Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Stoke Newington Church Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Sandbrook Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Albion Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Spensley Walk | Under investigation |
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