Total Crime Rate
225.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
40.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Finsbury Park Road area has the 11th highest crime rate of 39 local areas in Brownswood , and the 147th 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 Finsbury Park Road (N4 2JX) in the last 12 months was 225.2 per 1,000 residents and was 46.3% higher than the Brownswood average (153.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 37 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 14 (≈ 40.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -12.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 369.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Finsbury Park Road (N4 2JX), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Petrol Station, where police recorded 126 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Seven Sisters Road (48 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Brownswood| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Blackstock Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Chatterton Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hurlock Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hurlock Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hurlock Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hurlock Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Chatterton Mews | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Monsell Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Monsell Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Chatterton Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Chatterton Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Chatterton Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Gillespie Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chatterton Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Hurlock Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Vale Row | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Petrol Station | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Petrol Station | 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 | Theft from the person | Hurlock Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Seven Sisters Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Princess Crescent | — |
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