Crime Rate in Hackney Wick, ward

Hackney Wick has the 5th highest crime rate of 21 wards in Hackney district and the 315th highest crime rate ward of 7,541 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (London), it has the 75th highest crime rate of 703 wards.

The overall crime rate in Hackney Wick in the last 12 months was 192.5 per 1,000 residents and was 26.1% higher than the Hackney district average (152.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Hackney Wick’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 524 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 17 cases , up 13.3% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Theft from the person ( 22.1% YoY). The sharpest decline was Bicycle theft ( -8.9% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 781 (≈ 60.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( -1.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -31.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Hackney Wick ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near Terrace Road, with 264 recorded incidents. Violent and public-order offences happen most frequently around Roding Road (55 offences). Both locations are situated within roughly 0.3 miles of each other.