Total Crime Rate

495.2 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 495.2 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 271.8 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 71.2 9/10
  • Other theft 35.6 10/10
  • Theft from the person 25.9 10/10
  • Public order 22.7 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 16.2 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 16.2 9/10
  • Burglary 9.7 8/10
  • Bicycle theft 6.5 8/10
  • Drugs 6.5 7/10
  • Robbery 6.5 8/10
  • Other crime 3.2 4/10
  • Shoplifting 3.2 2/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Almack Road area has the highest crime rate of 33 local areas in Lea Bridge , and the 34th highest crime rate of 599 local areas in Hackney .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Almack Road (E5 0RL) in the last 12 months was 495.2 per 1,000 residents and was 283.9% higher than the Lea Bridge average (129.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 84 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 31 (≈ 100.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 93.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 60.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Almack Road (E5 0RL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Linscott Road, where police recorded 129 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near College Close (41 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Almack Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Drugs Rushmore Crescent Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Theft from the person College Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Powerscroft Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hilsea Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Halidon Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hilsea Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Hilsea Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other crime College Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences College Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Theft from the person College Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Almack Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Robbery College Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs College Close Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Bicycle theft College Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lower Clapton Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Alfearn Road
Sep 2025Burglary Alfearn Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Alfearn Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other crime Hilsea Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Drugs Median Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Alfearn Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Saratoga Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Lower Clapton Road
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Mayola Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Mayola Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Mayola Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Colenso Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Churchill Walk Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Churchill Walk Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Median Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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