Total Crime Rate
147.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
35.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Halesworth Close area has the 17th lowest crime rate of 33 local areas in Lea Bridge , and the 279th highest crime rate of 580 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 Halesworth Close (E5 9PW) in the last 12 months was 147.2 per 1,000 residents and was 22.4% higher than the Lea Bridge average (120.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Drugs with 20 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -10.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 15 (≈ 35.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -78.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Halesworth Close (E5 9PW), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Prout Road, where police recorded 89 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Alcester Crescent (32 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 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Leaside Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Moreton Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bakers Hill | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Dudlington Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Grosvenor Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Grosvenor Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Grosvenor Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Grosvenor Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Leaside Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Leaside Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Moreton Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Leaside Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Larch Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Larch Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Larch Mews | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Larch Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Woodmill Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Woodmill Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Moreton Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Detmold Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Brampton Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Detmold Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cleveleys Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Cleveleys Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Casimir Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Southwold Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Southwold Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Southwold Road | Awaiting court outcome |
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