Total Crime Rate
38.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
9.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Felstead Street area has the 4th lowest crime rate of 63 local areas in Hackney Wick , and the 60th lowest crime rate of 580 local areas in Hackney .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Felstead Street (E9 5LZ) in the last 12 months was 38.8 per 1,000 residents and was 80.2% lower than the Hackney Wick average (195.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 4 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Anti-social behaviour ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 2 (≈ 9.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 37.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Felstead Street (E9 5LZ), the main crime hotspot is near Hackney Wick. Police recorded 185 crimes here, including 47 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Hackney Wick| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Leabank Square | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Merriam Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Berkshire Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Leabank Square | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Leabank Square | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Leabank Square | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Berkshire Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Leabank Square | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Leabank Square | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hackney Wick | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hackney Wick | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hackney Wick | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Merriam Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Berkshire Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Merriam Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Merriam Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hackney Wick | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Hackney Wick | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Hackney Wick | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Silk Mills Square | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Silk Mills Square | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Silk Mills Square | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Silk Mills Square | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Hackney Wick | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Hackney Wick | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Cadogan Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Berkshire Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Hackney Wick | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Wallis Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Wallis Road | — |
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