Total Crime Rate
145.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
39.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Coster Avenue area has the 19th lowest crime rate of 39 local areas in Brownswood , and the 283rd 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 Coster Avenue (N4 2LD) in the last 12 months was 145.0 per 1,000 residents and was 5.8% lower 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 14 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 16 (≈ 39.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -11.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -22.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Coster Avenue (N4 2LD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Seven Sisters Road, where police recorded 243 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Green Lanes (91 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Woodberry Down| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Rowley Gardens | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Green Lanes | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Seven Sisters Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Manor House | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Manor House | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Swan Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Swan Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Swan Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Springpark Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Green Lanes | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Green Lanes | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Green Lanes | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Green Lanes | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Green Lanes | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Green Lanes | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Seven Sisters Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Green Lanes | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Green Lanes | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Green Lanes | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Green Lanes | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Green Lanes | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Green Lanes | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Green Lanes | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Green Lanes | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Portland Rise | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Portland Rise | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Woodberry Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Woodberry Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Woodberry Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Seven Sisters Road | Under investigation |
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