Total Crime Rate

270.7 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

97.7 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 270.7 10/10
  • Violent crimes 97.7 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 90.2 10/10
  • Other theft 45.1 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 37.6 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 30.1 10/10
  • Burglary 22.6 10/10
  • Drugs 15.0 9/10
  • Theft from the person 15.0 9/10
  • Bicycle theft 7.5 9/10
  • Robbery 7.5 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Wilton Way area has the 22nd highest crime rate of 63 local areas in Dalston , and the 120th highest crime rate of 580 local areas in Hackney .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Wilton Way (E8 1BG) in the last 12 months was 270.7 per 1,000 residents and was 9.8% lower than the Dalston average (300.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Bicycle theft ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 13 (≈ 97.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -7.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -16.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Wilton Way (E8 1BG), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Gayhurst Road, where police recorded 89 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Sigdon Road (30 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Wilton Way area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Sigdon Road
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Gayhurst Road
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Gayhurst Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Gayhurst Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Gayhurst Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Gayhurst Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order Gayhurst Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Possession of weapons Gayhurst Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Gayhurst Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Gayhurst Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Drugs Gayhurst Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Gayhurst Road
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Sigdon Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Gayhurst Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Spurstowe Terrace Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Spurstowe Terrace Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Spurstowe Terrace Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Drugs Poulton Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Other crime Poulton Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Greenwood Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Greenwood Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Theft from the person Greenwood Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Robbery Greenwood Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Greenwood Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Bicycle theft Greenwood Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Gayhurst Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Eleanor Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Richmond Road Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences London Fields West Side Under investigation
Apr 2026Theft from the person Sigdon Road Under investigation

Data Sources

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