Total Crime Rate
395.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
137.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Well Street area has the 9th highest crime rate of 63 local areas in Hackney Wick , and the 60th highest crime rate of 580 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 395.6 per 1,000 residents and was 102.2% higher than the Hackney Wick average (195.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 37 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -19.6% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 50 (≈ 137.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 2.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -13.2% 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 276 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Supermarket (41 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Homerton| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Killowen Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Killowen Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Ryder Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ryder Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Well Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Cambridge Passage | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cambridge Passage | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Killowen Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Collent Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Digby Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Middlesex Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | B113 | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Digby Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Homerton Terrace | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Meynell Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Meynell Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Meynell Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Stevens Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Pickering Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Holcroft Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Gerard Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Holcroft Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Holcroft Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Holcroft Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Holcroft Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Holcroft Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Holcroft Road | Under investigation |
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