Crime Statistics for Lea Bridge, London, Hackney, 2024

Crime statistics for Lea Bridge, London

There were a total of 1353 street level crime incidents in Lea Bridge in January 2024. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Anti Social Behaviour.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Lea Bridge, this category is usually the largest in any urban area. This is partly because 'Violent Crime' covers so many offences compared to say Burglary

Crime CategoryIncidents
Violent Crime346
Anti Social Behaviour286
Other Theft106
Theft From The Person99
Vehicle Crime98
Burglary85
Public Order85
Criminal Damage Arson72
Robbery63
Shoplifting47
Drugs30
Bicycle Theft21
Other Crime10
Possession Of Weapons5
All Crime1353

Map of street level crime incidents in January 2024

Police data is divided in Policing Neighbourhoods. We have taken the 'best fit' neighbourhood that includes Lea Bridge. 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 Bridge

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

LocationCrime Incidents
Dalston (1.39 miles)2099
Lower Clapton (0.62 miles)1667
Clapton Park (0.62 miles)1667
Homerton (0.62 miles)1667
South Hackney (1.24 miles)1645
Lea Bridge1353
Stoke Newington (1.24 miles)1278
Temple Mills (1.39 miles)1069
Upper Clapton (0.88 miles)913
Lea (Lee) (0.61 miles)801

36.47%
of Lea Bridge (Hackney) residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



Where are the most violent places near Lea Bridge?

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

LocationViolent Incidents
Dalston423
Lower Clapton399
Clapton Park399
Homerton399
South Hackney379
Lea Bridge346
Stoke Newington277
Lea (Lee)238
Temple Mills234
Upper Clapton226

How likely are you to be a victim of crime in Lea Bridge?

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 Bridge 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 Bridge compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Lea Bridge and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Lea Bridge is ranked #9.

#WardScore
1Dalston92
2Homerton84
3London Fields82
4Hackney Downs81
5De Beauvoir80
6Victoria80
7Mildmay79
8Hackney Central77
9Lea Bridge76
10Shacklewell67
11Cazenove48

Which road in Lea Bridge has the highest level of crime?

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

Last updated: January 2024
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