Crime Rates at Hackney Road, London, E2 8ET

Hackney Road area has the 31st lowest crime rate of 64 local areas in Spitalfields & Banglatown , and the 173rd highest crime rate of 693 local areas in Tower Hamlets .

The streets immediately around this postcode mostly have high or very high crime levels, and on average the bordering areas are much more affected by crime than this postcode itself.

The overall crime rate in the area around Hackney Road (E2 8ET) in the last 12 months was 258.1 per 1,000 residents and was 13.3% lower than the Spitalfields & Banglatown average (297.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 62 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 15 (≈ 30.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -6.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -19.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Hackney Road (E2 8ET), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Conference/Exhibition Centre, where police recorded 86 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Nightclub (36 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.