Total Crime Rate
160.8 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Ballance Road area has the 32nd highest crime rate of 66 local areas in Hackney Wick , and the 252nd highest crime rate of 599 local areas in Hackney .
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 Ballance Road (E9 5SR) in the last 12 months was 160.8 per 1,000 residents and was 9.9% lower than the Hackney Wick average (178.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 22 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. Overall, crime levels by type were broadly flat compared to 2025, with no category showing a clear year-on-year rise or fall.
Violent crimes totalled 14 (≈ 49.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ).
In the area around Ballance Road (E9 5SR), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Barnabas Road, where police recorded 134 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Roding Road (68 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Hackney Wick| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Harrowgate Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Barnabas Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hedger'S Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Mackintosh Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bentham Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Bentham Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Daley Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Daley Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Barnabas Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Barnabas Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Barnabas Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Barnabas Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Coopersale Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Hedger'S Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Coopersale Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Harrowgate Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Barnabas Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Barnabas Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Glyn Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Barnabas Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Barnabas Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Barnabas Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Anderson Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Anderson Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Barnabas Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Hedger'S Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Bradstock Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Barnabas Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ballance Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Berger Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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