Total Crime Rate
197.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
72.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Mount Pleasant Lane area has the 9th highest crime rate of 33 local areas in Lea Bridge , and the 178th highest crime rate of 580 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 Mount Pleasant Lane (E5 9DN) in the last 12 months was 197.9 per 1,000 residents and was 64.6% higher than the Lea Bridge average (120.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 21 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 35 (≈ 72.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 2.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -59.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Mount Pleasant Lane (E5 9DN), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Clapton, where police recorded 131 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Upper Clapton Road (57 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Springfield| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Halberd Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Clapton | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Petrol Station | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Warwick Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Clapton | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Clapton | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Clapton | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Clapton | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Clapton | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Clapton | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Southwold Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Southwold Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Southwold Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Southwold Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Clapton | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Clapton | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Upper Clapton Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Upper Clapton Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Upper Clapton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Upper Clapton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Clapton | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Knightland Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Warwick Grove | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Mount Pleasant Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Jessam Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Jessam Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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