Total Crime Rate

344.6 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 344.6 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 74.9 9/10
  • Public order 52.4 10/10
  • Theft from the person 52.4 10/10
  • Other theft 44.9 10/10
  • Shoplifting 33.7 7/10
  • Robbery 22.5 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 18.7 9/10
  • Other crime 15.0 10/10
  • Bicycle theft 11.2 9/10
  • Possession of weapons 7.5 9/10
  • Burglary 3.8 4/10
  • Drugs 3.8 4/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.8 3/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 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

Rossendale Street area has the 4th highest crime rate of 44 local areas in Cazenove , and the 69th 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 Rossendale Street (E5 8TA) in the last 12 months was 344.6 per 1,000 residents and was 368.9% higher than the Cazenove average (73.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 20 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. Overall, crime levels by type were broadly flat compared to 2025, with no category showing a clear year-on-year rise or fall.

Violent crimes totalled 42 (≈ 157.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ).

In the area around Rossendale Street (E5 8TA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Clapton, where police recorded 122 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Upper Clapton Road (50 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

Crime Over Time in Rossendale Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Clapton Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Upper Clapton Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Clapton Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Clapton Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Clapton Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Clapton Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Clapton Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Clapton Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Clapton Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Walsingham Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Upper Clapton Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other crime Upper Clapton Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Upper Clapton Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Clapton Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Upper Clapton Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Upper Clapton Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Upper Clapton Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Upper Clapton Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Upper Clapton Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Narford Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Narford Road —
Sep 2025Public order Upper Clapton Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Upper Clapton Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Upper Clapton Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Walsingham Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary Clapton Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Petrol Station —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Petrol Station —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Petrol Station —

Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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