Total Crime Rate

177.3 per 1,000 9/10 · Very 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 177.3 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 41.2 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 37.1 7/10
  • Other theft 26.8 10/10
  • Public order 16.5 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 10.3 7/10
  • Burglary 8.3 8/10
  • Drugs 8.3 8/10
  • Theft from the person 8.3 8/10
  • Bicycle theft 6.2 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 6.2 6/10
  • Other crime 4.1 6/10
  • Possession of weapons 4.1 7/10
  • Robbery 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

Alcester Crescent area has the 15th highest crime rate of 33 local areas in Lea Bridge , and the 218th highest crime rate of 599 local areas in Hackney .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Alcester Crescent (E5 9PX) in the last 12 months was 177.3 per 1,000 residents and was 37.5% higher 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 20 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 2 cases , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 700.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Theft from the person ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 28 (≈ 57.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -9.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -43.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Alcester Crescent (E5 9PX), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Clapton, where police recorded 122 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Upper Clapton Road (50 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

Crime Over Time in Alcester Crescent area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Warwick Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rossendale Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Mount Pleasant Lane Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mount Pleasant Lane Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary Chiltern Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Halberd Mews Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Halberd Mews —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Clapton —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Clapton —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Clapton —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Clapton —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rossendale Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Clapton Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rossendale Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rossendale Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Prout Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Rossendale Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Prout Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Alcester Crescent Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Prout Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Prout Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ickburgh Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Ickburgh Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Clapton Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Clapton Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Ickburgh Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Muston Road —
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Alcester Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Alcester Crescent Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Alcester Crescent Under investigation

Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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