Total Crime Rate
108.0 per 1,000
All offences Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Elderfield Road area has the 10th lowest crime rate of 33 local areas in Lea Bridge , and the 239th lowest crime rate of 599 local areas in Hackney .
Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.
The overall crime rate in the area around Elderfield Road (E5 0LE) in the last 12 months was 108.0 per 1,000 residents and was 16.3% lower than the Lea Bridge average (129.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this areaβs most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 14 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -80.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 10 (β 28.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -33.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 50.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Elderfield Road (E5 0LE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Dunlace Road, where police recorded 80 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Blurton Road (32 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lockhurst Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Caldecott Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Glenarm Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Glenarm Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Powerscroft Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Churchill Walk | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Churchill Walk | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Mayola Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Mayola Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Dunlace Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Dunlace Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Dunlace Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Caldecott Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Glenarm Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Caldecott Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Caldecott Way | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Caldecott Way | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Chippendale Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Chippendale Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Chippendale Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Chippendale Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Sewdley Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Chatsworth Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Chatsworth Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Chatsworth Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Glenarm Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Glenarm Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Chatsworth Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Rushmore Crescent | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Blurton Road | Under investigation |
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