Total Crime Rate
240.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
102.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Waverley Place area has the 9th highest crime rate of 39 local areas in Brownswood , and the 139th 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 Waverley Place (N4 2BU) in the last 12 months was 240.5 per 1,000 residents and was 56.3% higher than the Brownswood average (153.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 27 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 38 (≈ 102.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 2.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -53.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Waverley Place (N4 2BU), the main crime hotspot is near Rock Street. Police recorded 368 crimes here, including 118 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Brownswood| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chapman Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Rock Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Princess Crescent | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Princess Crescent | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Princess Crescent | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Princess Crescent | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Princess Crescent | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Princess Crescent | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rock Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rock Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Rock Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Rock Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Rock Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Rock Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Rock Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Rock Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Rock Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Rock Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Rock Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Rock Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Rock Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Rock Street | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Rock Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Rock Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Rock Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Rock Street | Awaiting court outcome |
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