Official statistics · 16 of 16 measures compare directly
Hackney and Waltham Forest compared
Every measure Civometry publishes for both areas, side by side. Each figure is its publisher’s own for the period named beside it, and the difference between the two is stated in the middle. Neither area is called better: which direction counts as better depends on what you are asking, and the page does not decide that for you. Where the two figures are not comparable — a different period, or nothing published for one side — the row says so instead of showing a difference.
Hackney
E09000012 · Metropolitan Police Service
Waltham Forest
E09000031 · Metropolitan Police Service
Getting better or worse
−2
Civometry calculation on Home Office, ONS, HM Land Registry and MHCLG figures
The same in both
−2
Civometry calculation on Home Office, ONS, HM Land Registry and MHCLG figures
Population
266,241
ONS: Population estimates for the UK and constituent countries: historical time series
17,472 more in Waltham Forest
283,713
ONS: Population estimates for the UK and constituent countries: historical time series
Median annual pay, full-time employees
£49,482
ONS: ASHE Table 8.7a: annual gross pay by place of residence
£4,132 more in Hackney
£45,350
ONS: ASHE Table 8.7a: annual gross pay by place of residence
Average house price
£605,442
HM Land Registry: UK House Price Index: average prices
£82,699 more in Hackney
£522,743
HM Land Registry: UK House Price Index: average prices
All private rents
£2,644
ONS: Price Index of Private Rents, UK: monthly price statistics
£879 more in Hackney
£1,765
ONS: Price Index of Private Rents, UK: monthly price statistics
All claimants
7.0%
ONS: Claimant count by sex and age (Nomis)
0.5 percentage points higher in Hackney
6.5%
ONS: Claimant count by sex and age (Nomis)
Net international migration
+245
ONS: Components of population change by local authority (ONS mid-year estimates, sheet MYE3)
699 more in Waltham Forest
+944
ONS: Components of population change by local authority (ONS mid-year estimates, sheet MYE3)
Band D council tax
£2,060
MHCLG: Council tax levels set by local authorities in England 2026 to 2027
£327 more in Waltham Forest
£2,387
MHCLG: Council tax levels set by local authorities in England 2026 to 2027
IMD average score
31.8
MHCLG: English Indices of Deprivation: local authority district summaries
8.3 more in Hackney
23.5
MHCLG: English Indices of Deprivation: local authority district summaries
Income-deprived residents
40.0%
MHCLG: English Indices of Deprivation: local authority district summaries
10.4 percentage points higher in Hackney
29.6%
MHCLG: English Indices of Deprivation: local authority district summaries
Recorded crime
148.4
Home Office: data.police.uk street-level crime, cumulative monthly archive
44.1 more in Hackney
104.3
Home Office: data.police.uk street-level crime, cumulative monthly archive
House price to pay ratio
12.2 years
HM Land Registry: UK House Price Index: average prices
0.7 years more in Hackney
11.5 years
HM Land Registry: UK House Price Index: average prices
Annual rent as a share of pay
64.1%
ONS: Price Index of Private Rents, UK: monthly price statistics
17.4 percentage points higher in Hackney
46.7%
ONS: Price Index of Private Rents, UK: monthly price statistics
Band D council tax as a share of pay
4.16%
MHCLG: Council tax levels set by local authorities in England 2026 to 2027
1.10 percentage points higher in Waltham Forest
5.26%
MHCLG: Council tax levels set by local authorities in England 2026 to 2027
Mean domestic gas use per meter
9,610
DESNZ: Regional and local authority gas consumption statistics
1,686 more in Waltham Forest
11,296
DESNZ: Regional and local authority gas consumption statistics
Mean domestic electricity use per meter
2,903
DESNZ: Regional and local authority electricity consumption statistics
95 more in Waltham Forest
2,997
DESNZ: Regional and local authority electricity consumption statistics
In one sentence
In the latest published figures, population was 266,241 in Hackney and 283,713 in Waltham Forest (mid-2025); median annual pay, full-time employees was £49,482 in Hackney and £45,350 in Waltham Forest (2025); and average house price was £605,442 in Hackney and £522,743 in Waltham Forest (June 2026). (Civometry, from official statistics; each figure is the publisher's own.)
In the latest published figures, population was 266,241 in Hackney and 283,713 in Waltham Forest (mid-2025); median annual pay, full-time employees was £49,482 in Hackney and £45,350 in Waltham Forest (2025); and average house price was £605,442 in Hackney and £522,743 in Waltham Forest (June 2026). (Civometry, from official statistics; each figure is the publisher's own.)
Recorded crime by category
Offences per 1,000 residents in the 12 months to June 2026, from the same archive and the same window for both areas.
| Category | Hackney per 1,000 | offences | Waltham Forest per 1,000 | offences | E&W |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All recorded crime | 148.4 | 39,516 | 104.3 | 29,597 | 97.4 |
| Bicycle theft | 4.4 | 1,180 | 1.3 | 358 | 0.8 |
| Burglary | 6.9 | 1,849 | 4.5 | 1,288 | 3.6 |
| Criminal damage and arson | 5.1 | 1,366 | 4.5 | 1,271 | 6.9 |
| Drugs | 8.1 | 2,150 | 5.8 | 1,638 | 3.4 |
| Other crime | 1.2 | 328 | 1.1 | 298 | 2.2 |
| Other theft | 11.4 | 3,044 | 8.2 | 2,318 | 6.5 |
| Possession of weapons | 1.1 | 285 | 0.6 | 179 | 1.0 |
| Public disorder and weapons | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Public order | 8.4 | 2,235 | 5.2 | 1,468 | 6.8 |
| Robbery | 5.8 | 1,532 | 2.6 | 741 | 1.4 |
| Shoplifting | 9.6 | 2,561 | 7.3 | 2,080 | 8.3 |
| Theft from the person | 15.7 | 4,177 | 4.7 | 1,322 | 1.7 |
| Vehicle crime | 7.1 | 1,886 | 8.8 | 2,495 | 5.0 |
| Violence and sexual offences | 33.9 | 9,019 | 25.6 | 7,259 | 34.7 |
| Violent crime | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
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.
What this comparison rests on
Two figures are only subtracted when they are the same measure over the same period. Populations differ (266,241 and 283,713 residents on the latest estimates used here), so counts are shown alongside rates rather than instead of them. Nothing on this page is weighted, indexed or scored: every difference is one published number minus another, and the rows that cannot be compared say why.