Police-recorded · Hackney · Metropolitan Police Service

Criminal damage and arson in Hackney

12 months to June 2026

5.1per 1,000 residents

Police recorded 1,366 criminal damage and arson offences in Hackney in the 12 months to June 2026, down 16.6% (271) on the previous 12 months. That is 5.1 per 1,000 residents against 6.9 for England and Wales.

  1. Home Office · data.police.uk
  2. street-level crime archive, category “Criminal damage and arson
  3. local authority via LSOA lookup
  4. population: ONS mid-2025 estimate, 266,241

Monthly, September 2011 to June 2026

Monthly recorded offences: September 2011 to June 2026CoalitionCoalitionConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeLabourLabour050100150201520202025September 2011: 186 offencesOctober 2011: 151 offencesNovember 2011: 161 offencesDecember 2011: 135 offencesJanuary 2012: 150 offencesFebruary 2012: 142 offencesMarch 2012: 166 offencesApril 2012: 158 offencesMay 2012: 168 offencesJune 2012: 159 offencesJuly 2012: 149 offencesAugust 2012: 149 offencesSeptember 2012: 120 offencesOctober 2012: 144 offencesNovember 2012: 139 offencesDecember 2012: 113 offencesJanuary 2013: 150 offencesFebruary 2013: 128 offencesMarch 2013: 125 offencesApril 2013: 140 offencesMay 2013: 135 offencesJune 2013: 131 offencesJuly 2013: 175 offencesAugust 2013: 153 offencesSeptember 2013: 107 offencesOctober 2013: 121 offencesNovember 2013: 134 offencesDecember 2013: 125 offencesJanuary 2014: 103 offencesFebruary 2014: 135 offencesMarch 2014: 148 offencesApril 2014: 134 offencesMay 2014: 124 offencesJune 2014: 154 offencesJuly 2014: 143 offencesAugust 2014: 150 offencesSeptember 2014: 166 offencesOctober 2014: 161 offencesNovember 2014: 180 offencesDecember 2014: 175 offencesJanuary 2015: 151 offencesFebruary 2015: 130 offencesMarch 2015: 172 offencesApril 2015: 156 offencesMay 2015: 183 offencesJune 2015: 187 offencesJuly 2015: 197 offencesAugust 2015: 163 offencesSeptember 2015: 146 offencesOctober 2015: 186 offencesNovember 2015: 130 offencesDecember 2015: 147 offencesJanuary 2016: 157 offencesFebruary 2016: 156 offencesMarch 2016: 141 offencesApril 2016: 143 offencesMay 2016: 159 offencesJune 2016: 166 offencesJuly 2016: 167 offencesAugust 2016: 179 offencesSeptember 2016: 166 offencesOctober 2016: 171 offencesNovember 2016: 156 offencesDecember 2016: 160 offencesJanuary 2017: 137 offencesFebruary 2017: 161 offencesMarch 2017: 193 offencesApril 2017: 161 offencesMay 2017: 156 offencesJune 2017: 134 offencesJuly 2017: 191 offencesAugust 2017: 162 offencesSeptember 2017: 150 offencesOctober 2017: 160 offencesNovember 2017: 185 offencesDecember 2017: 150 offencesJanuary 2018: 145 offencesFebruary 2018: 146 offencesMarch 2018: 139 offencesApril 2018: 152 offencesMay 2018: 155 offencesJune 2018: 154 offencesJuly 2018: 165 offencesAugust 2018: 147 offencesSeptember 2018: 152 offencesOctober 2018: 148 offencesNovember 2018: 146 offencesDecember 2018: 157 offencesJanuary 2019: 165 offencesFebruary 2019: 125 offencesMarch 2019: 163 offencesApril 2019: 111 offencesMay 2019: 159 offencesJune 2019: 141 offencesJuly 2019: 151 offencesAugust 2019: 131 offencesSeptember 2019: 138 offencesOctober 2019: 129 offencesNovember 2019: 128 offencesDecember 2019: 125 offencesJanuary 2020: 142 offencesFebruary 2020: 131 offencesMarch 2020: 125 offencesApril 2020: 124 offencesMay 2020: 139 offencesJune 2020: 156 offencesJuly 2020: 159 offencesAugust 2020: 169 offencesSeptember 2020: 145 offencesOctober 2020: 148 offencesNovember 2020: 167 offencesDecember 2020: 133 offencesJanuary 2021: 118 offencesFebruary 2021: 133 offencesMarch 2021: 122 offencesApril 2021: 126 offencesMay 2021: 141 offencesJune 2021: 153 offencesJuly 2021: 148 offencesAugust 2021: 141 offencesSeptember 2021: 153 offencesOctober 2021: 163 offencesNovember 2021: 137 offencesDecember 2021: 107 offencesJanuary 2022: 143 offencesFebruary 2022: 142 offencesMarch 2022: 144 offencesApril 2022: 119 offencesMay 2022: 178 offencesJune 2022: 151 offencesJuly 2022: 153 offencesAugust 2022: 144 offencesSeptember 2022: 128 offencesOctober 2022: 144 offencesNovember 2022: 162 offencesDecember 2022: 144 offencesJanuary 2023: 155 offencesFebruary 2023: 129 offencesMarch 2023: 150 offencesApril 2023: 139 offencesMay 2023: 132 offencesJune 2023: 176 offencesJuly 2023: 163 offencesAugust 2023: 144 offencesSeptember 2023: 150 offencesOctober 2023: 172 offencesNovember 2023: 143 offencesDecember 2023: 144 offencesJanuary 2024: 155 offencesFebruary 2024: 167 offencesMarch 2024: 119 offencesApril 2024: 136 offencesMay 2024: 152 offencesJune 2024: 154 offencesJuly 2024: 155 offencesAugust 2024: 147 offencesSeptember 2024: 175 offencesOctober 2024: 125 offencesNovember 2024: 117 offencesDecember 2024: 125 offencesJanuary 2025: 119 offencesFebruary 2025: 105 offencesMarch 2025: 118 offencesApril 2025: 142 offencesMay 2025: 172 offencesJune 2025: 137 offencesJuly 2025: 138 offencesAugust 2025: 153 offencesSeptember 2025: 140 offencesOctober 2025: 139 offencesNovember 2025: 134 offencesDecember 2025: 118 offencesJanuary 2026: 128 offencesFebruary 2026: 121 offencesMarch 2026: 139 offencesApril 2026: 137 offencesMay 2026: 10 offencesJune 2026: 9 offences

Offences recorded in this category each month, from the street-level archivePublished valueProvisional or revisedLatestShaded bands: governments (see labels)Hover or use arrow keys to read a value

Each year since 2011

Year toOffencesPer 1,000Population year
June 20110 (partial)
June 20121,5766.32012
June 20131,6236.32013
June 20141,6136.22014
June 20151,9547.52015
June 20161,8917.12016
June 20171,9417.32017
June 20181,8897.12018
June 20191,7796.72019
June 20201,6196.12020
June 20211,7146.62021
June 20221,7266.62022
June 20231,7566.62023
June 20241,7996.72024
June 20251,6376.12025
June 20261,3665.12025

What this measures

Damage to buildings and vehicles, and fires set deliberately.

Police-recorded crime counts offences reported to and recorded by the police. It is affected by whether people report crime and by changes in police recording practice, so it does not measure all crime that happens. The Crime Survey for England and Wales is the better guide to long-term trends in the crimes it covers. Police recorded crime is not designated as National Statistics. A higher recorded rate does not mean an area is more dangerous.

Other categories in Hackney

Every local authority ranked by criminal damage and arson rate · All recorded crime in Hackney