Total Crime Rate
286.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
139.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Meynell Crescent area has the 14th highest crime rate of 63 local areas in Hackney Wick , and the 108th 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 Meynell Crescent (E9 7AS) in the last 12 months was 286.9 per 1,000 residents and was 46.6% higher than the Hackney Wick average (195.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 22 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Theft from the person ( 166.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 33 (≈ 139.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 10.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -10.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Meynell Crescent (E9 7AS), the main crime hotspot is near Terrace Road. Police recorded 276 crimes here, including 37 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Hackney Wick| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shafton Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Ruthven Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| 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 | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Terrace Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Meynell Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Meynell Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Flanders Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Terrace Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Banbury Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Banbury Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Banbury Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Banbury Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Meynell Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Meynell Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Moulins Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Moulins Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Collent Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Bentham 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 | Public order | Bramshaw Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Lauriston Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Flanders Way | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Flanders Way | — |
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