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Town Hall ponders crime hotline for reporting suspicious activity

Council to explore ‘route for parents and members of the community to raise concerns’

Author: Hackney Citizen

Hackney Town Hall

‘No obvious link’ between Hackney’s drug markets and an increase in violence, report finds

Findings contradict National Crime Agency claims that drugs fuel London’s violent crime

Author: Ed Sheridan, Local Democracy Reporter

‘No obvious link’ between Hackney’s drug markets and an increase in violence, report finds

Independent candidate Vernon Williams would build 500 homeless chalets on parks as Hackney Mayor

‘People are basically being treated as disposable peasants’

Author: Hackney Citizen

'People are...being treated as disposable peasants': independent Hackney mayoral candidate Vernon Williams. Photograph: Hackn

Man who ‘targeted and preyed on vulnerable women’ jailed for attempted rapes

Usman Tahir handed 12 year sentence for two separate attacks

Author: Hackney Citizen

Usman Tahir

Your crime, not mine

Does the ‘black community’ bear particular responsibility for reducing the number of violent crimes committed by black people? asks a local resident

Author: Hackney Citizen