Total Crime Rate

389.1 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 389.1 10/10
  • Shoplifting 237.9 10/10
  • Theft from the person 32.3 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 30.2 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 20.2 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 18.2 10/10
  • Other theft 16.1 9/10
  • Robbery 14.1 10/10
  • Burglary 6.1 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 4.0 3/10
  • Public order 4.0 4/10
  • Drugs 2.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 2.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Hackney Road area has the 24th highest crime rate of 65 local areas in Spitalfields & Banglatown , and the 83rd highest crime rate of 710 local areas in Tower Hamlets .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Hackney Road (E2 8ET) in the last 12 months was 389.1 per 1,000 residents and was 16.1% higher than the Spitalfields & Banglatown average (335.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 118 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 133.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 20 (≈ 40.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -4.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 6.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Hackney Road (E2 8ET), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Strout'S Place, where police recorded 148 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Nightclub (44 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

Crime Over Time in Hackney Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/156)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other theft Hocker Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Gorsuch Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hare Walk Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hare Walk Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Theatre/Concert Hall —
Sep 2025Drugs Theatre/Concert Hall Local resolution
Sep 2025Theft from the person Theatre/Concert Hall Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Theatre/Concert Hall Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Theatre/Concert Hall Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Theatre/Concert Hall Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Appleby Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Robbery Appleby Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Weymouth Terrace Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Weymouth Terrace Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Gorsuch Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Hare Walk Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Diss Street —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Diss Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Hoxton —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Hoxton —
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Hoxton Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Hoxton Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Hoxton Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Hoxton Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Hoxton Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hoxton Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Crabtree Close —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Crabtree Close —
Sep 2025Robbery Crabtree Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hare Walk Under investigation
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Data Sources

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