Crime Rate in Hackney Wick, ward

Hackney Wick has the 5th highest crime rate of 21 wards in Hackney district and the 397th highest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (London), it has the 92nd highest crime rate of 704 wards.

The overall crime rate in Hackney Wick in the last 12 months was 178.5 per 1,000 residents and was 16.6% higher than the Hackney district average (153.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Hackney Wick’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 553 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 14 cases , up 75.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 86.8% YoY). The sharpest decline was Bicycle theft ( -29.5% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 794 (≈ 61.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -2.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 6.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Hackney Wick ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near East Bay Lane, with 191 recorded incidents. Violent and public-order offences happen most frequently around Roding Road (68 offences). Both locations are situated within roughly 0.3 miles of each other.