Total Crime Rate
580.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
226.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Green Lanes area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 39 local areas in Brownswood , and the 27th 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 Green Lanes (N4 1BX) in the last 12 months was 580.0 per 1,000 residents and was 276.8% higher than the Brownswood average (153.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Theft from the person with 69 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 133.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 113 (≈ 226.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 2.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -50.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Green Lanes (N4 1BX), the main crime hotspot is near Green Lanes. Police recorded 239 crimes here, including 91 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Woodberry Down| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Manor House | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Urban Mews | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Urban Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Urban Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Urban Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Urban Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Urban Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Urban Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Urban Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Urban Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Urban Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Urban Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Urban Mews | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Green Lanes | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Vale Terrace | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Vale Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Coster Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Katherine Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Katherine Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Seven Sisters Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Seven Sisters Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Seven Sisters Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Seven Sisters Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Urban Mews | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Woodberry Grove | — |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Seven Sisters Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Hermitage Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Hermitage Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Hermitage Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Hermitage Road | Local resolution |
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