Crime Rates in Stoke Newington (N16)
Crime statistics for N16 from official Police UK data: the latest month's recorded crimes within a mile, broken down by category.
How safe is Stoke Newington (N16)?
In August 2026, Police UK recorded 1,112 crimes within 1 mile of the N16 centre, against 959 around N81, 992 around E5, 1,654 around N5, 1,362 around N4 on the same measure.
Which types of crime are most reported in N16?
In August 2026, the categories recorded most within a mile of the N16 centre were Violent crime (283), Anti-social behaviour (276) and Other theft (102), out of 1,112 crimes in all. The checker above breaks any full N16 postcode down the same way.
How do I check crime rates for a specific street in N16?
Enter a full N16 postcode into the checker above to see crimes recorded within about a mile in the latest month Police.uk has published, taken directly from its street-level data. Where a force's feed to Police.uk is known to be incomplete, the checker says so instead of printing a count.
N16 at a glance
1,112 crimes were recorded within 1 mile of the N16 centre in August 2026, the latest month Police UK has published. The most recorded category was violent crime, at 25% of the total.
- Recorded crimes, 1 mile, August 2026
- 1,112
- Most recorded category
- Violent crime (25%)
- Categories recorded
- 8+
- Police neighbourhood at the centre
- Stoke Newington (Metropolitan Police Service)
| Category | Crimes | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Violent crime | 283 | 25% |
| Anti-social behaviour | 276 | 25% |
| Other theft | 102 | 9% |
| Public order | 85 | 8% |
| Shoplifting | 81 | 7% |
| Vehicle crime | 72 | 6% |
| Burglary | 52 | 5% |
| Bicycle theft | 44 | 4% |
| All other categories | 117 | 11% |
Source: Police UK street-level crime data (data.police.uk, Open Government Licence), August 2026: crimes recorded within a 1-mile radius of the N16 centroid. Police UK moves each crime to a nearby anonymised point, so counts near the edge of the mile are approximate.
How N16 compares with its nearest outcodes
| Outcode | Crimes within 1 mile of the centre, August 2026 | Most recorded category | Distance between centres |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stoke Newington (N16) | 1,112 | Violent crime (25%) | — |
| N81 | 959 | Violent crime (25%) | 0.4km |
| Clapton (E5) | 992 | Violent crime (26%) | 1.6km |
| Highbury (N5) | 1,654 | Anti-social behaviour (27%) | 1.8km |
| Finsbury Park (N4) | 1,362 | Anti-social behaviour (31%) | 2.1km |
Neighbours are the outcodes nearest N16, by straight-line distance between outcode centres (postcodes.io), for which Police UK published a complete count for the same month.
A count within a fixed 1-mile circle, not a rate per resident: a busy centre with few residents records more crime than a residential area of the same size, and neighbouring circles overlap.
Source: Police UK street-level crime data (data.police.uk, Open Government Licence), August 2026: crimes recorded within a 1-mile radius of each outcode centroid. Forces whose Police UK feed is incomplete are left out rather than printed low.
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