Crime Statistics for Lea (Lee), Epping Forest, Essex, 2024

Crime statistics for Lea (Lee), Epping Forest

There were a total of 21 street level crime incidents in Lea (Lee) in March 2024. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Anti Social Behaviour, followed by Violent Crime.

Crime CategoryIncidents
Anti Social Behaviour6
Violent Crime5
Criminal Damage Arson4
Vehicle Crime2
Other Theft1
Bicycle Theft1
Burglary1
Robbery1
All Crime21

Map of street level crime incidents in March 2024

Police data is divided in Policing Neighbourhoods. We have taken the 'best fit' neighbourhood that includes Lea (Lee). This map shows if incidents are evenly distributed over the district or if there are hot spots in certain streets or areas.

How grim is your Postcode?

Where Police data is not specific to an address for privacy reasons, most roads are represented by 1 to 2 markers or clusters. However, this should be enough to ascertain if the road you live in or are thinking of moving to, is a crime hot spot. The only exception could be where there is a large cluster of a single crime category on a street, as this could but not necessarily be related to multiple incidents at one address.



Crime incidents in neighbouring areas to Lea (Lee)

We've taken the ten nearest places to Lea (Lee) and ranked them by the number of crime incidents in each. This should allow you to see if Lea (Lee) has more crime than other surrounding areas.

LocationCrime Incidents
Cheshunt (1.79 miles)266
Turnford (1.38 miles)236
Lea Navigation (1.69 miles)154
Waltham Abbey (1.68 miles)121
Lea Navigation (1.88 miles)106
Aimes Green (0.86 miles)56
Lea (Lee)21
Holyfield (0.22 miles)15
Bumble’s Green (1.97 miles)12
Claverhambury (1.38 miles)12

15.81%
of Waltham Abbey South West residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



Where are the most violent places near Lea (Lee)?

The category of crime that most concerns people is violent crime. We have taken the ten nearest place to Lea (Lee) and ranked them according to the number of violent incidents in the 'best fit' Policing neighbourhood.

LocationViolent Incidents
Cheshunt79
Turnford72
Lea Navigation35
Waltham Abbey33
Aimes Green20
Lea (Lee)5
Holyfield5
Claverhambury3
Bumble’s Green2

How likely are you to be a victim of crime in Lea (Lee)?

Every two years the government publishes the Index of Multiple Deprivation. One of those domains is crime, more precisely, how likely you are to be the victim of a what is known as 'personal crime', such as muggings or burglary. The governemnt publish these statitsics down to the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) or in simple geographic terms, a few roads. These statistics are also published on a ward level as an average of the LSOAs in that area. We have taken the average rank and converted it into a more accessble form, a score out of 100. Where the higher the score, the more likely you are in Lea (Lee) to be a victim of personal crime. Note that the following score has been generated from the 2019 statistics. At the time of writing, these have not been updated by the government during and since the COVID 19 pandemic.

How does crime in Lea (Lee) compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Lea (Lee) and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Lea (Lee) is ranked #3.

#WardScore
1Cheshunt South and Theobalds73
2Waltham Cross72
3Waltham Abbey South West69
4Waltham Abbey Paternoster69
5Rosedale and Bury Green66
6Waltham Abbey Honey Lane63
7Wormley and Turnford58
8Waltham Abbey North East58
9Cheshunt North57
10Broxbourne and Hoddesdon South49
11Flamstead End46

Which road in Lea (Lee) has the highest level of crime?

We have used the Index of Multiple Deprivation to find the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) in Lea (Lee) with the highest crime score. Accoding to the 2019 statistics, that is in and around this marker.

Last updated: March 2024
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