Total Crime Rate
200.0 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Edmeston Close area has the 25th highest crime rate of 66 local areas in Hackney Wick , and the 191st highest crime rate of 599 local areas in Hackney .
At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Edmeston Close (E9 5TJ) in the last 12 months was 200.0 per 1,000 residents and was 12.1% higher 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 23 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 22 (≈ 67.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -31.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -10.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Edmeston Close (E9 5TJ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Kingsmead Way, where police recorded 41 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Benn Street (25 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 | Buxhall Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cowdry Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Kemey'S Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Danesdale Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Danesdale Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Wick Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Swinnerton Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Swinnerton Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Buxhall Crescent | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Benn Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Benn Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Benn Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Shalbourne Square | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Bus/Coach Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Homer Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Kemey'S Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Homer Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cowdry Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Kingsmead Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Kingsmead Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Kingsmead Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Bartrip Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Bartrip Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Bartrip Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Buxhall Crescent | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Buxhall Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Buxhall Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Buxhall Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Kemey'S Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Benn Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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