Total Crime Rate
77.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
23.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Rushmore Road area has the 7th lowest crime rate of 33 local areas in Lea Bridge , and the 149th lowest crime rate of 580 local areas in Hackney .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Rushmore Road (E5 0EX) in the last 12 months was 77.2 per 1,000 residents and was 35.8% lower than the Lea Bridge average (120.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 8 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 150.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 13 (≈ 23.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -7.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -36.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Rushmore Road (E5 0EX), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Linscott Road, where police recorded 116 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near College Close (32 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Lea Bridge| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Median Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Linscott Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dean Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Hilsea Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Powerscroft Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Colenso Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Colenso Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Colenso Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Linscott Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Linscott Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Millfields Road | Offender given penalty notice |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Linscott Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Median Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Linscott Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Linscott Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Linscott Road | Further investigation is not in the public interest |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Linscott Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Linscott Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Linscott Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Millfields Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Almack Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Blurton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Chatsworth Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | College Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | College Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | College Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Halidon Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Chatsworth Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Chatsworth Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Chatsworth Road | — |
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