Total Crime Rate
175.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
52.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Shakspeare Mews area has the 23rd highest crime rate of 84 local areas in Clissold , and the 216th highest crime rate of 580 local areas in Hackney .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Shakspeare Mews (N16 8TH) in the last 12 months was 175.0 per 1,000 residents and was 55.5% higher than the Clissold average (112.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 14 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 2 cases , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 25.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Robbery ( -81.8% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 21 (≈ 52.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -30.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -49.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Shakspeare Mews (N16 8TH), the main crime hotspot is near Matthias Road. Police recorded 97 crimes here, including 33 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Clissold| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Albion Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Clissold Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Shakspeare Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shakspeare Walk | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Sandbrook Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sandbrook Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Londesborough Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Londesborough Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Clissold Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Albion Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Clissold Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Clissold Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Clissold Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Barbauld Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Matthias Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Knebworth Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Albion Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Albion Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Matthias Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Spenser Grove | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | B104 | — |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | B104 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Spenser Grove | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Spenser Grove | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Spenser Grove | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Spenser Grove | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Spenser Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Albion Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Milton Grove | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Church Walk | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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