Total Crime Rate
120.3 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Queen'S Drive area has the 21st lowest crime rate of 43 local areas in Brownswood , and the 271st lowest crime rate of 599 local areas in Hackney .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Queen'S Drive (N4 2XG) in the last 12 months was 120.3 per 1,000 residents and was 24.2% lower 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 15 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Theft from the person ( 233.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -71.4% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 11 (≈ 23.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -26.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 43.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Queen'S Drive (N4 2XG), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Brownswood Road, where police recorded 94 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Highbury Quadrant (25 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Catherall Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Highbury Quadrant | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Brownswood Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Green Lanes | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Brownswood Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Brownswood Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Lordship Park Mews | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Lordship Park Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Greenway Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Mountgrove Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Mountgrove Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Mountgrove Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Highbury Quadrant | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Brownswood Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Highbury Quadrant | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Highbury Quadrant | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Queen'S Drive | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Queen'S Drive | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Queen'S Drive | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Birchmore Walk | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Birchmore Walk | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Birchmore Walk | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Birchmore Walk | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Old Stable Mews | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Old Stable Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Brownswood Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Brownswood Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Old Stable Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Murrain Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Sim Street | — |
StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right.