Total Crime Rate

212.7 per 1,000 10/10 · 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 212.7 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 70.2 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 61.4 9/10
  • Public order 26.3 10/10
  • Other theft 21.9 10/10
  • Burglary 8.8 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 6.6 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 4.4 7/10
  • Theft from the person 4.4 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 4.4 4/10
  • Drugs 2.2 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.2 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 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

Cresset Road area has the 22nd highest crime rate of 66 local areas in Hackney Wick , and the 166th 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 Cresset Road (E9 6FS) in the last 12 months was 212.7 per 1,000 residents and was 19.2% 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 32 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , down -75.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 400.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -77.8% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 41 (≈ 89.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 46.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -32.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Cresset Road (E9 6FS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Terrace Road, where police recorded 174 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Supermarket (31 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Cresset Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Stevens Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shepherd'S Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Terrace Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Holcroft Road
Sep 2025Burglary Holcroft Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Killowen Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Killowen Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Killowen Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Killowen Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Terrace Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Stevens Avenue
Sep 2025Public order Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shepherd'S Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Terrace Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Stevens Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Stevens Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Valentine Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Poole Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Balcorne Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Balcorne Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mead Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mead Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cambridge Passage Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Shepherd'S Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Terrace Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Link Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Terrace Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Terrace Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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