Total Crime Rate
152.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
61.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Harry Zeital Way area has the 16th highest crime rate of 33 local areas in Lea Bridge , and the 266th 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 Harry Zeital Way (E5 9RE) in the last 12 months was 152.9 per 1,000 residents and was 27.1% 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 14 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 60.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Possession of weapons ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 20 (≈ 61.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -39.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Harry Zeital Way (E5 9RE), the main crime hotspot is near Parking Area. Police recorded 74 crimes here, including 33 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Lea Bridge| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Larch Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | School Nook | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | School Nook | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Waterworks Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Mount Pleasant Hill | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Larch Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Mundford Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Mundford Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Mundford Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | School Nook | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| 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 | 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 | Vehicle crime | Dudlington Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Woodmill Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Woodmill Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Woodmill Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Larch Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Supermarket | Under investigation |
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