Crime Rates at Southwold Road, London, E5 9PS

Southwold Road area has the 14th lowest crime rate of 33 local areas in Lea Bridge , and the 256th lowest crime rate of 580 local areas in Hackney .

At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Southwold Road (E5 9PS) in the last 12 months was 119.6 per 1,000 residents and was 0.5% lower than the Lea Bridge average (120.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 22 offences recorded. The least common crime was Public order with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Theft from the person ( -75.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 25 (≈ 76.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -13.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -52.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Southwold Road (E5 9PS), the main crime hotspot is near Clapton. Police recorded 131 crimes here, including 42 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.