Total Crime Rate

124.6 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 124.6 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 86.3 10/10
  • Burglary 6.4 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 6.4 5/10
  • Public order 6.4 5/10
  • Theft from the person 6.4 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 6.4 6/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 6.4 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 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

Mountgrove Road area has the 21st highest crime rate of 43 local areas in Brownswood , and the 279th lowest crime rate of 599 local areas in Hackney .

At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Mountgrove Road (N5 2LT) in the last 12 months was 124.6 per 1,000 residents and was 21.4% 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 27 offences recorded. The least common crime was Violence and sexual offences with 2 cases , unchanged from 2024. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Burglary ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 4 (β‰ˆ 12.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -33.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -31.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Mountgrove Road (N5 2LT), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Murrain Road, where police recorded 63 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Elwood Street (21 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

Crime Over Time in Mountgrove Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Theft from the person Elwood Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Highbury Quadrant β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Birchmore Walk β€”
Sep 2025Theft from the person Rumsey Mews Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Rumsey Mews Local resolution
Sep 2025Shoplifting Vale Row Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Vale Row Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Vale Row Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Highbury Quadrant Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Highbury Quadrant Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Highbury Quadrant Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Vivian Comma Close Local resolution
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Birchmore Walk Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Murrain Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Murrain Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Elwood Street Under investigation
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 2025Anti-social behaviour Chatterton Mews β€”
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Finsbury Park Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Finsbury Park Road Local resolution
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Finsbury Park Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Birchmore Walk Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Birchmore Walk Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Chatterton Mews Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Queen'S Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Elwood Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Elwood Street β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Elwood Street β€”

Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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