Total Crime Rate
270.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
97.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Wilton 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.
View Crime In Hackney Central| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sigdon Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Gayhurst Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gayhurst Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gayhurst Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gayhurst Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Gayhurst Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Gayhurst Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Gayhurst Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Gayhurst Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Gayhurst Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Gayhurst Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Gayhurst Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sigdon Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gayhurst Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Spurstowe Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Spurstowe Terrace | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Spurstowe Terrace | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Poulton Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Poulton Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Greenwood Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Greenwood Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Greenwood Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Greenwood Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Greenwood Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Greenwood Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gayhurst Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Eleanor Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Richmond Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | London Fields West Side | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Sigdon Road | Under investigation |
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