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

There were a total of 20 street level crime incidents in Lea (Lee) in February 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 Category	Incidents
Anti Social Behaviour	7
Violent Crime	7
Vehicle Crime	2
Criminal Damage Arson	2
Public Order	1
Other Theft	1
All Crime	20

Map of street level crime incidents in February 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.

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.

Location	Crime Incidents
Cheshunt (1.79 miles)	284
Turnford (1.38 miles)	257
Lea Navigation (1.69 miles)	180
Waltham Abbey (1.68 miles)	138
Lea Navigation (1.88 miles)	61
Aimes Green (0.86 miles)	50
Lea (Lee)	20
Bumble’s Green (1.97 miles)	9
Holyfield (0.22 miles)	7
Claverhambury (1.38 miles)	2

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.

Location	Violent Incidents
Cheshunt	73
Turnford	51
Waltham Abbey	47
Lea Navigation	21
Aimes Green	21
Lea (Lee)	7
Bumble’s Green	2
Holyfield	2
Claverhambury	0

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.

#	Ward	Score
1	Cheshunt South and Theobalds	73
2	Waltham Cross	72
3	Waltham Abbey South West	69
4	Waltham Abbey Paternoster	69
5	Rosedale and Bury Green	66
6	Waltham Abbey Honey Lane	63
7	Wormley and Turnford	58
8	Waltham Abbey North East	58
9	Cheshunt North	57
10	Broxbourne and Hoddesdon South	49
11	Flamstead End	46

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.