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I've lived in Hackney 6 years (Dalston & Hackney Wick), and would happily say that I've seen few problems, but a couple of months ago armed police rammed the door down of my yardie neighbour (apparently this happens every couple of months?), and then the other week I saw my downstairs Polish neighbour getting his head literally jumped on by two other large Polish men. Apart from that it's fine.
Inflation apparently hasn't hit crackheads! My work colleague when I worked on Shacklewell got propositioned one lunchtime about 5 years ago, and 'business' would've indeed cost him a round £5.