Total Crime Rate
131.4 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Shepherds Lane area has the 24th lowest crime rate of 66 local areas in Hackney Wick , and the 295th lowest crime rate of 599 local areas in Hackney .
Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.
The overall crime rate in the area around Shepherds Lane (E9 6JL) in the last 12 months was 131.4 per 1,000 residents and was 26.4% lower than the Hackney Wick average (178.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , down -75.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -75.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 13 (≈ 55.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -38.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -53.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Shepherds Lane (E9 6JL), the main crime hotspot is near Hospital. Police recorded 355 crimes here, including 278 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Hospital | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Homerton Row | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | B113 | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | B113 | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | B113 | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Flanders Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Flanders Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Flanders Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Anderson Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Fenn Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Anderson Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Clifden Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Clifden Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Homerton High Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Elderfield Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Homerton High Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Fenn Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Ryder Mews | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Berger Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hospital | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Waterloo Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Waterloo Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hospital | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hospital | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hospital | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hospital | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Ryder Mews | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hospital | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hospital | Under investigation |
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