Total Crime Rate

876.3 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 876.3 10/10
  • Shoplifting 260.5 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 194.7 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 71.1 9/10
  • Other theft 68.4 10/10
  • Theft from the person 60.5 10/10
  • Burglary 55.3 10/10
  • Bicycle theft 31.6 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 31.6 10/10
  • Public order 31.6 10/10
  • Drugs 23.7 10/10
  • Robbery 23.7 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 18.4 10/10
  • Possession of weapons 5.3 8/10
  • 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 3rd highest crime rate of 91 local areas in Bethnal Green East , and the 21st 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 9EE) in the last 12 months was 876.3 per 1,000 residents and was 470.7% higher than the Bethnal Green East average (153.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 99 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 2 cases , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 350.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -41.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 50 (≈ 131.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -30.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 21.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Hackney Road (E2 9EE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Mare Street, where police recorded 162 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Supermarket (33 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 (30/128)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Robbery Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Darwen Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Silk Weaver Way —
Sep 2025Burglary Silk Weaver Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Silk Weaver Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Silk Weaver Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Silk Weaver Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Silk Weaver Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Teesdale Street —
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Further/Higher Educational Building Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Teesdale Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Teesdale Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other crime Ada Place Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ada Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Ada Place Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Claredale Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Sheldon Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Further/Higher Educational Building Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Further/Higher Educational Building —
Sep 2025Drugs Old Bethnal Green Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Ash Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Further/Higher Educational Building —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Further/Higher Educational Building —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ash Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Nightclub Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nightclub Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Theft from the person Further/Higher Educational Building Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Cambridge Crescent Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Ash Grove —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Further/Higher Educational Building —
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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