Total Crime Rate
389.1 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Hackney 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 8FD) 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 8FD), 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.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Hocker Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Caroline Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Strout'S Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Strout'S Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Strout'S Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Conference/Exhibition Centre | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Conference/Exhibition Centre | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Conference/Exhibition Centre | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Long Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Long Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Caroline Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Strout'S Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Crabtree Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Crabtree Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Crabtree Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hoxton | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Hoxton | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Nightclub | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Nightclub | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Strout'S Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Strout'S Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Baroness Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Conference/Exhibition Centre | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Waterson Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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