Total Crime Rate
116.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
36.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Elderfield Road area has the 13th lowest crime rate of 33 local areas in Lea Bridge , and the 246th lowest crime rate of 580 local areas in Hackney .
At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Elderfield Road (E5 0LE) in the last 12 months was 116.5 per 1,000 residents and was 3.1% lower than the Lea Bridge average (120.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 85.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Theft from the person ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 13 (≈ 36.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 62.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 16.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Elderfield Road (E5 0LE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 81 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Clifden Road (27 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Dunlace Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Rushmore Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Chatsworth Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Chatsworth Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rushmore Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rushmore Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Rushmore Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Clifden Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Rushmore Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Rushmore Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Blurton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Rushmore Crescent | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Churchill Walk | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Churchill Walk | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Millfields Road | Offender given penalty notice |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Millfields Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Median Road | Offender given penalty notice |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Median Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Median Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Chatsworth Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Blurton Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Clifden Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Lockhurst Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Lockhurst Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Caldecott Way | — |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Lawley Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Powerscroft Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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