Total Crime Rate

206.7 per 1,000 9/10 · 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 206.7 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 39.1 7/10
  • Shoplifting 35.4 7/10
  • Theft from the person 27.9 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 26.1 8/10
  • Other theft 18.6 9/10
  • Robbery 18.6 10/10
  • Burglary 13.0 9/10
  • Drugs 7.5 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 5.6 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.7 3/10
  • Other crime 3.7 5/10
  • Public order 3.7 3/10
  • Possession of weapons 1.9 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 1.9 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

Millfields Road area has the 10th highest crime rate of 33 local areas in Lea Bridge , and the 179th highest crime rate of 599 local areas in Hackney .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Millfields Road (E5 0SA) in the last 12 months was 206.7 per 1,000 residents and was 60.2% higher than the Lea Bridge average (129.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 21 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -88.9% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 34 (≈ 63.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 13.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 133.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Millfields Road (E5 0SA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Linscott Road, where police recorded 129 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Alfearn Road (27 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

Crime Over Time in Millfields Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other theft Thornby Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hilsea Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Linscott Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Linscott Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Linscott Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Cotesbach Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Hilsea Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hilsea Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Hilsea Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Drugs Linscott Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Thornby Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Lower Clapton Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Lower Clapton Road —
Sep 2025Drugs Almack Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Robbery Wattisfield Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Chailey Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Linscott Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Linscott Road —
Sep 2025Theft from the person Thistlewaite Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Alfearn Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Thornby Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Thornby Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Atherden Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other crime Alfearn Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Alfearn Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Theft from the person Alfearn Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Alfearn Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Linscott Road —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Alfearn Road —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Linscott Road —

Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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