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Hackney, London

🟢 Official crime data · Police-recorded crime, data.police.uk · May–July 2026 Methodology →

Higher caution advised day Higher caution advised night

Relative rank 30 among boroughs currently covered. Based on official Metropolitan Police data, averaged over 3 months (2026-05 to 2026-07).

Real administrative boundary — Office for National Statistics 2021 boundaries, not an approximate circle.

Recorded incidents (total across 3 months, 2026-05–2026-07)
CategoryCount
Violent crime2514
Anti social behaviour2189
Theft from the person1013
Shoplifting892
Other theft834
Public order636
Vehicle crime485
Burglary470
Drugs414
Bicycle theft375
Robbery347
Other crime82
Possession of weapons66
Criminal damage arson26

10343 incidents total over 3 months — averages 3447.7/month, which is what the day/night scores below are based on.

Data completeness: full months, real administrative boundary — 10343 recorded incidents total across 3 months (2026-05–2026-07), queried against Hackney's actual ONS 2021 polygon outline (the same shape shown on the map above), not an approximate circle. This is the complete monthly response from the UK Police API for each month in that window. Day score: 3.5072 weighted incidents/1,000 people, averaged over the last 3 months (138% of the 33-area average). Night score: 17.4641 weighted incidents/1,000 people, same window (139% of the 33-area average). Both are normalised by an estimated workday/footfall population of 237,949 rather than the 2021 resident population of 259,100, so central boroughs with heavy commuter and visitor footfall aren't overstated as riskier simply for having fewer official residents. The footfall estimate is derived from the ONS's 2011 Census workday-population release — the most recent one published — applied to Hackney's current resident population, and it is therefore an approximation of today's footfall, not a measurement of it. Rated against the average of the 33 areas currently on the automated pipeline — 32 boroughs and the City of London.
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Frequently asked questions

Is Hackney safe?

Based on real, current UK Police data, Wandroz rates Hackney as an area where the data suggests extra caution relative to other neighbourhoods in London during the day and an area where the data suggests extra caution relative to other neighbourhoods in London at night, relative to the other London boroughs currently on the automated pipeline. The rating comes from 10343 recorded incidents over 3 months (2026-05 to 2026-07), split into a day-weighted score (property crime) and a night-weighted score (violence, robbery, antisocial behaviour).

Is Hackney safe at night?

Hackney's night score is an area where the data suggests extra caution relative to other neighbourhoods in London, based on the categories most relevant after dark (violence, robbery, street theft, public order, antisocial behaviour), normalised by an estimated workday/footfall population rather than plain residents where that data exists, so busy central boroughs aren't overstated as riskier just for having fewer official residents.

What official data is Hackney's rating based on?

10343 recorded incidents from data.police.uk (the UK Police's official open crime API), queried against Hackney's real administrative boundary and covering 3 months (2026-05 to 2026-07) — recomputed from the source data whenever the Met publishes new months, not a one-off snapshot. Full category breakdown is shown further down this page.

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