Crime Rate in Homerton, ward

Homerton has the 3rd highest crime rate of 21 wards in Hackney district and the 249th highest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (London), it has the 58th highest crime rate of 704 wards.

The overall crime rate in Homerton in the last 12 months was 212.6 per 1,000 residents and was 38.9% higher than the Hackney district average (153.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Homerton’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 819 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 23 cases , up 155.6% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 155.6% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -28.1% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 1,120 (≈ 78.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -12.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Homerton ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near Supermarket, with 362 recorded incidents. Violent and public-order offences happen most frequently around Hospital (278 offences). Both locations are situated within roughly 0.3 miles of each other.