These crimes are not spread evenly throughout the borough but tend to be centred on the areas of commercial and leisure activities which attract higher numbers of motor vehicles. Homophobic Harassment Homophobic harassment covers the harassment and intimidation of people because of their sexuality. Lesbians and gay men can be targets of bias and prejudice. The police received 30 reported incidents of homophobic harassment during the audit period. Crime Affecting Business Crime affects business in Hackney in a number of ways.
Local businesses suffer from burglaries, shoplifting and thefts from their premises.
The trend over time shows an overall decrease in these types of offence. Prostitution Prostitution is concentrated in the Northwest of the borough. A large proportion of sexual offences are not committed by strangers but by assailants known to their victims. The total amount of work undertaken by the Council as a result of vandalism and graffiti was difficult to establish. It is necessary to target the reduction of drugs misuse both to rehabilitate offenders and to effectively reduce crime.