Hackney Central
WardCentral Hackney. About 13,122 people in 0.8 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by ward
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 0% of people in Hackney Central live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How Hackney Central compares
Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Hackney Central safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Hackney Central at a rate of 194.4 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 146.2 per 1,000 people across Hackney.
Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 217 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Hackney Central.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (617), anti-social behaviour (483) and other crime (420).
Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.
Rates are per resident, so places that many people work in or visit, such as Westminster, the City of London and other city centres, have far higher rates than their residents alone would suggest.
Figures for the whole of Hackney
These figures are published for the whole of Hackney, not for each ward, so they describe all of Hackney and not Hackney Central alone. See Hackney
Hackney Central in brief
Hackney Central had 12,718 usual residents at the census.
About 0% of people in Hackney Central live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Hackney Central, 78.0% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In Hackney Central, 8.3% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.