Total Crime Rate
26.2 per 1,000
All offences Β· May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
10.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Wilberforce Road area has the 2nd lowest crime rate of 39 local areas in Brownswood , and the 26th lowest crime rate of 580 local areas in Hackney .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Wilberforce Road (N4 2SU) in the last 12 months was 26.2 per 1,000 residents and was 83.0% 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 2 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Theft from the person ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 4 (β 10.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -33.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -84.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Wilberforce Road (N4 2SU), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Somerfield Road, where police recorded 57 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Queen'S Drive (19 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 | Princess Crescent | β |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Highbury Quadrant | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Hurlock Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Hurlock Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Hurlock Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hurlock Street | β |
| 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 | Anti-social behaviour | Highbury Quadrant | β |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hurlock Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Princess Crescent | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Highbury Quadrant | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sim Street | β |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Rumsey Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Elwood Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Elwood Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Elwood Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Sim Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Vivian Comma Close | Under investigation |
| 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 | Brownswood Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Old Stable Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Princess Crescent | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Princess Crescent | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Princess Crescent | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Princess Crescent | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Princess Crescent | β |
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