Total Crime Rate

201.8 per 1,000 9/10 · 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 201.8 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 99.4 10/10
  • Theft from the person 20.5 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 20.5 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 11.7 8/10
  • Other theft 8.8 7/10
  • Public order 8.8 7/10
  • Burglary 5.9 6/10
  • Drugs 5.9 6/10
  • Other crime 5.9 7/10
  • Robbery 5.9 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 2.9 3/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 2.9 2/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.9 3/10
  • 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

Blackstock 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.

Crime Over Time in Blackstock Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other crime Blackstock Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Rock Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Rock Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Rock Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Rock Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Theft from the person Rock Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Rock Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rock Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rock Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rock Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Rock Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other crime Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Ambler Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Ambler Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Somerfield Road
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Somerfield Road
Sep 2025Other theft Somerfield Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Somerfield Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Somerfield Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Joseph Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Joseph Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Rock Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Robbery Rock Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Joseph Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Rock Street
Sep 2025Drugs Seven Sisters Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Seven Sisters Road Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Seven Sisters Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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