Total Crime Rate

246.8 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · 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 246.8 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 81.2 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 45.5 8/10
  • Drugs 39.0 10/10
  • Public order 19.5 9/10
  • Theft from the person 16.2 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 16.2 9/10
  • Burglary 9.7 8/10
  • Possession of weapons 9.7 10/10
  • Robbery 6.5 8/10
  • Other crime 3.3 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Rowley Gardens area has the 9th highest crime rate of 43 local areas in Brownswood , and the 135th highest crime rate of 599 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 Rowley Gardens (N4 1HJ) in the last 12 months was 246.8 per 1,000 residents and was 55.6% higher than the Brownswood average (158.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 25 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 1100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Theft from the person ( -16.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 25 (≈ 81.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 56.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 41.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Rowley Gardens (N4 1HJ), the main crime hotspot is near Green Lanes. Police recorded 258 crimes here, including 104 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Rowley Gardens area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Woodberry Down Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Green Lanes Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Green Lanes Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Green Lanes Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Green Lanes Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Rowley Gardens —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Rowley Gardens —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Rowley Gardens —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Rowley Gardens —
Sep 2025Drugs Rowley Gardens Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary Green Lanes Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Hermitage Road —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Petrol Station Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Petrol Station Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Petrol Station Local resolution
Sep 2025Shoplifting Green Lanes Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Hermitage Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Green Lanes Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Green Lanes Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Green Lanes Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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