Total Crime Rate
212.7 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Cresset 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.
View Crime In Hackney Wick| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Stevens Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shepherd'S Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Terrace Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Holcroft Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Holcroft Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Killowen Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Killowen Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Killowen Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Killowen Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Terrace Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Stevens Avenue | — |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shepherd'S Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Terrace Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Stevens Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Stevens Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Valentine Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Poole Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Balcorne Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Balcorne Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Mead Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Mead Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cambridge Passage | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Shepherd'S Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Terrace Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Link Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Terrace Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Terrace Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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