Safer Communities

Hackney Council is committed to making the borough a safer place in which to live and work.

“The vision is for a borough with a mixed, confident and relatively stable community. People will feel safe in their homes and be able to walk the streets, day or night, without fear of intimidation or harassment. Low rates of crime and a high quality safe environment will ensure that Hackney is a good place to live for people regardless of their age, the age of their children or their ethnicity. Communities will feel that they are listened to and that their views count.”

Service Teams

Hackney Safer Communities Services consists of four teams:

Domestic Violence and Hate Crime Team

For support, advice and counselling. More information

Drugs and Alcohol Action Team

Co-ordinating services to reduce substance misuse in Hackney. More information

CCTV and Emergency Planning Team

Managing CCTV services and services for civil emergencies. More information

Community Safety Team

Managing projects and programmes to reduce crime and disorder in Hackney. More information

There is also a Neighbourhood Warden Service. More information about the teams can be found in the links on the left.

There are also teams in other parts of the Council providing crucial activities to reduce crime and disorder, including Estate Safety and The Youth Offending Team.

The teams collectively cover Hackney’s statutory duties to reduce crime and disorder in accordance with various acts of parliament, and manage a number of additional specialist projects to tackle burglary, retail crime and misuse of drugs (Drug Intervention Programme), while working to reduce anti social behaviour with perpetrators and their families.

Other services

Cabwise

Don't risk taking an illegal cab. Always use a licensed minicab, taxi, nightbus or the Tube to get home.

Cabwise is a service provided by TfL that texts you the number of a licensed minicab in the area you are texting from. More information

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Page updated: 15 Oct 2008