Crime Rate in Victoria, ward

Victoria has the 6th lowest crime rate of 21 wards in Hackney district and the 1924th highest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (London), it has the 352nd highest crime rate of 704 wards.

The overall crime rate in Victoria in the last 12 months was 95.7 per 1,000 residents and was 37.5% lower than the Hackney district average (153.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Victoria’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 321 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 2 cases , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 52.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -60.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 420 (≈ 32.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -3.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -20.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Victoria ward, the main local crime hotspot is near Petrol Station. Police recorded 114 crimes here, including 76 violent or public-order offences. All of these hotspots lie within roughly 0.3 miles.