Crime Rate in Hackney Downs, ward

Hackney Downs has the 11th lowest crime rate of 21 wards in Hackney district and the 950th highest crime rate ward of 7,541 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (London), it has the 203rd highest crime rate of 703 wards.

The overall crime rate in Hackney Downs in the last 12 months was 127.4 per 1,000 residents and was 16.6% lower than the Hackney district average (152.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Hackney Downs’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 369 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 14 cases , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 14.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Theft from the person ( -26.9% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 526 (≈ 40.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -2.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -44.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Hackney Downs ward, the main local crime hotspot is near Apprentice Way. Police recorded 195 crimes here, including 49 violent or public-order offences. All of these hotspots lie within roughly 0.3 miles.