Total Crime Rate
167.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
40.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Well Street area has the 29th highest crime rate of 63 local areas in Hackney Wick , and the 230th highest crime rate of 580 local areas in Hackney .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Well Street (E9 7NU) in the last 12 months was 167.9 per 1,000 residents and was 14.2% lower 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 17 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 33.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violent crimes ( -22.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 17 (≈ 40.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -22.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -47.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Well Street (E9 7NU), 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 Victoria| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Terrace Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Terrace Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cambridge Passage | — |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | 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 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Ainsworth Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Terrace Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Frampton Park Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Frampton Park Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Frampton Park Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Terrace Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Terrace Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Terrace Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Terrace Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Ainsworth Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Moulins Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Darnley Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Holcroft Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Alpine Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Well Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Middlesex Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Stevens Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mead Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Mead Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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