Total Crime Rate
196.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
59.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Woodmill Road area has the 10th highest crime rate of 33 local areas in Lea Bridge , and the 180th 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 Woodmill Road (E5 9GU) in the last 12 months was 196.7 per 1,000 residents and was 63.6% 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 30 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -71.4% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 18 (≈ 59.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -5.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -34.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Woodmill Road (E5 9GU), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Mundford Road, where police recorded 63 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Harry Zeital Way (20 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 | Vehicle crime | Larch Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Leaside Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Grosvenor Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Grosvenor Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Harry Zeital Way | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Dudlington Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Dudlington Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Dudlington Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Dudlington Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Larch Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Leaside Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Grosvenor Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Leaside Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Leaside Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Harry Zeital Way | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Harry Zeital Way | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Woodmill Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Woodmill Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Woodmill Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Woodmill Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Woodmill Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Grosvenor Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Dudlington Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Harry Zeital Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Moreton Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Moreton Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Larch Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Mundford Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Detmold Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Detmold Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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