Total Crime Rate

109.8 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 109.8 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 39.7 9/10
  • Drugs 18.7 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 18.7 5/10
  • Theft from the person 9.4 8/10
  • Bicycle theft 4.7 7/10
  • Other theft 4.7 5/10
  • Robbery 4.7 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 4.7 4/10
  • Burglary 2.3 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.3 2/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

Oulton Close area has the 12th lowest crime rate of 33 local areas in Lea Bridge , and the 242nd lowest crime rate of 599 local areas in Hackney .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Oulton Close (E5 9PQ) in the last 12 months was 109.8 per 1,000 residents and was 14.9% lower 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 17 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , down -75.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 166.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -75.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 11 (≈ 25.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 22.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -68.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Oulton Close (E5 9PQ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Harry Zeital Way, where police recorded 63 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Dudlington Road (18 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

Crime Over Time in Oulton Close area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Leagrave Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dudlington Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sports/Recreation Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Sports/Recreation Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Sports/Recreation Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Woodmill Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Woodmill Road
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Woodmill Road
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Larch Mews Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Larch Mews Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Cleveleys Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Cleveleys Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dudlington Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Gunton Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dudlington Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Dudlington Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Dudlington Road
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Mundford Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Theydon Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Mount Pleasant Hill
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary Leaside Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Leaside Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Riverside Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Larch Mews Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Gunton Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary Harry Zeital Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Mount Pleasant Lane Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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