Total Crime Rate

235.7 per 1,000 10/10 Β· Very High

All offences Β· 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 235.7 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 53.2 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 49.4 8/10
  • Theft from the person 41.8 10/10
  • Other theft 30.4 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 15.2 8/10
  • Other crime 11.4 10/10
  • Bicycle theft 7.6 9/10
  • Drugs 7.6 7/10
  • Public order 7.6 6/10
  • Robbery 7.6 8/10
  • Shoplifting 3.8 3/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 Β· Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Brownswood Road area has the 10th highest crime rate of 43 local areas in Brownswood , and the 144th highest 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 Brownswood Road (N4 2XN) in the last 12 months was 235.7 per 1,000 residents and was 48.7% 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 14 offences recorded. The least common crime was Shoplifting with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -38.1% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 17 (β‰ˆ 64.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -26.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has flat ( 1.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Brownswood Road (N4 2XN), the main crime hotspot is near Brownswood Road. Police recorded 94 crimes here, including 20 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

Crime Over Time in Brownswood Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Theft from the person Highbury Quadrant Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Gloucester Drive β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Brownswood Road β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Brownswood Road β€”
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Brownswood Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Brownswood Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Brownswood Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Brownswood Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Green Lanes Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Castleview Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Mountgrove Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Portland Rise Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Portland Rise Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Portland Rise β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Portland Rise β€”
Sep 2025Drugs Lordship Park Mews Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Lordship Park Mews Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gloucester Drive Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Queen'S Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Greenway Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Casbeard Street β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Mountgrove Road β€”
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Murrain Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Murrain Road β€”
Sep 2025Burglary Murrain Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Murrain Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Murrain Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Murrain Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Casbeard Street β€”
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Queen'S Drive Under investigation

Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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