Total Crime Rate

147.4 per 1,000 9/10 · 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 147.4 9/10
  • Other theft 25.3 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 25.3 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 19.0 7/10
  • Theft from the person 19.0 9/10
  • Drugs 12.6 9/10
  • Burglary 10.5 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 10.5 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 10.5 8/10
  • Public order 6.3 5/10
  • Possession of weapons 4.2 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 2.1 1/10
  • Other crime 2.1 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

Eastway area has the 31st lowest crime rate of 66 local areas in Hackney Wick , and the 274th highest crime rate of 599 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 Eastway (E9 5JE) in the last 12 months was 147.4 per 1,000 residents and was 17.4% lower than the Hackney Wick average (178.5 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 , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 500.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -55.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 17 (≈ 35.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -45.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 8.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Eastway (E9 5JE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Silk Mills Square, where police recorded 61 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Cowdry Road (13 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Eastway area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Biggs Square Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Bus/Coach Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Osborne Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Southmoor Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Southmoor Way —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Lavington Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Beanacre Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cowdry Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cowdry Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour East Cross Route —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Buxhall Crescent Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Chapman Road —
Sep 2025Robbery Felstead Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Lee Conservancy Road —
Sep 2025Public order Felstead Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Merriam Avenue —
Sep 2025Theft from the person Merriam Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lockgate Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Merriam Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Buxhall Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Buxhall Crescent Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Buxhall Crescent Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Silk Mills Square Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Eastway Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Lavington Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Silk Mills Square Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Silk Mills Square Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Silk Mills Square Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Brinkworth Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Bartrip Street —

Data Sources

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