Hackney Wick
WardEast Hackney. About 13,052 people in 1.6 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by ward
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 51% of people in Hackney Wick live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How Hackney Wick compares
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Is Hackney Wick safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Hackney Wick at a rate of 194.9 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, 235 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Hackney Wick.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were anti-social behaviour (530), violence and sexual offences (463) and shoplifting (371).
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 Wick alone. See Hackney
Hackney Wick in brief
Hackney Wick had 12,310 usual residents at the census.
About 51% of people in Hackney Wick live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Hackney Wick, 85.3% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In Hackney Wick, 8.7% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.