Total Crime Rate
237.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
90.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Retreat Place area has the 18th highest crime rate of 63 local areas in Hackney Wick , and the 140th 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 Retreat Place (E9 6RH) in the last 12 months was 237.7 per 1,000 residents and was 21.5% 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 28 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Bicycle theft ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 33 (≈ 90.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -2.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -61.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Retreat Place (E9 6RH), 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Fenn Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Terrace Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Terrace Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Terrace Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Terrace Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Terrace Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Terrace Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Terrace Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Terrace Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Terrace Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Terrace Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Terrace Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Terrace Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Terrace Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Terrace Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Fenn Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Fenn Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Belsham Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fenn Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fenn Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fenn Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Pickering Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Terrace Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Ram Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Meynell Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Holcroft Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Homerton Terrace | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Middlesex Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cambridge Passage | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mead Place | Under investigation |
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