Crime Statistics for Buckhurst Hill, London, Redbridge, 2024

There were a total of 52 street level crime incidents in Buckhurst Hill in February 2024. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Vehicle Crime, followed by Violent Crime.

Crime Category	Incidents
Vehicle Crime	20
Violent Crime	14
Other Theft	5
Public Order	3
Criminal Damage Arson	3
Anti Social Behaviour	2
Burglary	2
Robbery	2
Theft From The Person	1
All Crime	52

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 Buckhurst Hill. 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 Buckhurst Hill

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Loughton (2.24 miles)	213
Grange Hill (1.96 miles)	53
Buckhurst Hill	52
Chigwell (1.24 miles)	49
Chingford (1.39 miles)	2
Hale End (2.24 miles)	1
Chingford Green (1.96 miles)	1
Friday Hill (1.24 miles)	1
South Woodford (1.96 miles)	0
Chingford Hatch (1.96 miles)	0

Where are the most violent places near Buckhurst Hill?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Loughton	67
Grange Hill	26
Chigwell	17
Buckhurst Hill	14
Chingford	0
Hale End	0
Chingford Green	0
Friday Hill	0
South Woodford	0
Chingford Hatch	0

How likely are you to be a victim of crime in Buckhurst Hill?

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 Buckhurst Hill 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 Buckhurst Hill compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Buckhurst Hill and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Buckhurst Hill is ranked #8.

#	Ward	Score
1	Larkswood	74
2	Loughton Roding	74
3	Chigwell Village	64
4	Buckhurst Hill East	62
5	Hatch Lane	60
6	Chingford Green	59
7	Bridge	57
8	Buckhurst Hill West	55
9	Endlebury	55
10	Churchfields	50
11	Monkhams	47

Which road in Buckhurst Hill has the highest level of crime?

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