Total Crime Rate
201.8 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Blackstock Road area has the 15th highest crime rate of 43 local areas in Brownswood , and the 186th 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 Blackstock Road (N4 2JW) in the last 12 months was 201.8 per 1,000 residents and was 27.2% 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 34 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2022. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 600.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2022.
Violent crimes totalled 13 (≈ 38.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 1200.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 333.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Blackstock Road (N4 2JW), the main crime hotspot is near Rock Street. Police recorded 484 crimes here, including 131 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Blackstock Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Rock Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Rock Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Rock Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Rock Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Rock Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Rock Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Rock Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Rock Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Rock Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Rock Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Ambler Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Ambler Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Somerfield Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Somerfield Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Somerfield Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Somerfield Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Somerfield Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Joseph Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Joseph Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Rock Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Rock Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Joseph Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Rock Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Seven Sisters Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Seven Sisters Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Seven Sisters Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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