Total Crime Rate
81.8 per 1,000
All offences Β· May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
48.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Heron Drive area has the 10th lowest crime rate of 39 local areas in Brownswood , and the 168th lowest 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 Heron Drive (N4 2FS) in the last 12 months was 81.8 per 1,000 residents and was 46.9% lower than the Brownswood average (153.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this areaβs most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 13 (β 48.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 62.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 9.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Heron Drive (N4 2FS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Brownswood Road, where police recorded 97 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Portland Rise (33 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Brownswood| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Sim Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Murrain Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Wyatt Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Casbeard Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Henry Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Henry Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Henry Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Portland Rise | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Portland Rise | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Murrain Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Murrain Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Mountgrove Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Mountgrove Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Colthurst Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Colthurst Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Murrain Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Murrain Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Wyatt Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Murrain Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Brownswood Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Brownswood Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Brownswood Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Brownswood Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Brownswood Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Brownswood Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Riversdale Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Myddleton Avenue | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Myddleton Avenue | β |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Myddleton Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Old Stable Mews | Under investigation |
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