Total Crime Rate

340.7 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 340.7 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 109.9 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 104.4 10/10
  • Theft from the person 27.5 10/10
  • Other theft 16.5 9/10
  • Public order 16.5 9/10
  • Burglary 13.7 9/10
  • Drugs 13.7 9/10
  • Other crime 11.0 10/10
  • Robbery 8.2 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 8.2 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 5.5 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 2.8 3/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.8 3/10
  • 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

Well Street area has the 9th highest crime rate of 66 local areas in Hackney Wick , and the 70th 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 Well Street (E9 6RG) in the last 12 months was 340.7 per 1,000 residents and was 90.9% 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 40 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Theft from the person ( 233.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -71.4% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 48 (≈ 131.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 33.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 12.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Well Street (E9 6RG), 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 Well Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Theft from the person Terrace Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Terrace Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Terrace Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Terrace Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Terrace Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Terrace Road Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Terrace Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Terrace Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Terrace Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Terrace Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Terrace Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Terrace Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Terrace Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Brooksbank Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Brooksbank Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Shepherd'S Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shepherd'S Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shepherd'S Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Terrace Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Terrace Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Killowen Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Retreat Place
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Fenn Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Holcroft Road
Sep 2025Burglary Holcroft Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Stevens Avenue
Sep 2025Public order Stevens Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Theft from the person Stevens Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Stevens Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Retreat Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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