Total Crime Rate

120.3 per 1,000 8/10 Β· 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 120.3 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 31.7 9/10
  • Theft from the person 21.1 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 14.8 4/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 12.7 8/10
  • Other theft 10.6 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 8.4 7/10
  • Drugs 6.3 7/10
  • Burglary 4.2 5/10
  • Robbery 4.2 6/10
  • Other crime 2.1 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.1 1/10
  • Public order 2.1 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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 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 Brownswood Road (N4 2XX) 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 (β‰ˆ 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 Brownswood Road (N4 2XX), 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 2025Violence and sexual offences Queen'S Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Gloucester Drive β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Casbeard Street β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Casbeard Street β€”
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Murrain Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Murrain Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Murrain Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Murrain Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Murrain Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Murrain Road β€”
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Myddleton Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Castleview Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gloucester Drive Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Sim Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Casbeard Street β€”
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Brownswood Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person King'S Crescent Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order King'S Crescent Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Heron Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Myddleton Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other crime Brownswood Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Brownswood Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Mountgrove Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Mountgrove Road β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Mountgrove Road β€”
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Queen'S Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Casbeard Street β€”
Sep 2025Public order Casbeard Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Queen'S Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Highbury Quadrant β€”

Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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