Stoke Newington
WardNorth west Hackney. About 13,487 people in 1.0 square kilometre.
Radon Affected Area by ward
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 0% of people in Stoke Newington live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How Stoke Newington compares
Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Stoke Newington safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Stoke Newington at a rate of 123.7 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, 113 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Stoke Newington.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (424), other crime (325) and anti-social behaviour (233).
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 Stoke Newington alone. See Hackney
Stoke Newington in brief
Stoke Newington had 13,385 usual residents at the census.
About 0% of people in Stoke Newington live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Stoke Newington, 96.0% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In Stoke Newington, 6.3% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.