Total Crime Rate
246.8 per 1,000
All offences Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Woodberry Down Estate 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 Woodberry Down Estate (N4 1SW) 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 areaβs 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 (β 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 Woodberry Down Estate (N4 1SW), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Seven Sisters Road, where police recorded 261 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Green Lanes (104 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Seven Sisters Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Green Lanes | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Rowley Gardens | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Green Lanes | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Green Lanes | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Green Lanes | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Green Lanes | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Green Lanes | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Green Lanes | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Rowley Gardens | β |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Green Lanes | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Green Lanes | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Green Lanes | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Urban Mews | β |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Urban Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Urban Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Rowley Gardens | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Rowley Gardens | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Green Lanes | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Swan Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Woodberry Down | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Swan Lane | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Swan Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Swan Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Swan Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Swan Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Swan Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Rowley Gardens | β |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Swan Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Scrimgoeur Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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