Crime Statistics for Hainault, London, Redbridge, 2024

Crime statistics for Hainault, London

There were a total of 28 street level crime incidents in Hainault in February 2024. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Criminal Damage Arson.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Hainault, 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 Crime18
Criminal Damage Arson3
Public Order2
Other Theft2
Vehicle Crime1
Burglary1
Anti Social Behaviour1
All Crime28

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 Hainault. 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 Hainault

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

LocationCrime Incidents
Newbury Park (1.96 miles)828
Grange Hill (0.88 miles)53
Chigwell (1.75 miles)49
Hainault28
Chigwell Row (1.39 miles)27
Barkingside (1.39 miles)1
Marks Gate (1.96 miles)0
Fullwell Cross (0.88 miles)0
Fairlop (0.62 miles)0
Aldborough Hatch (1.24 miles)0

35.17%
of Hainault residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



Where are the most violent places near Hainault?

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

LocationViolent Incidents
Newbury Park214
Grange Hill26
Hainault18
Chigwell17
Chigwell Row16
Barkingside1
Marks Gate0
Fullwell Cross0
Fairlop0
Aldborough Hatch0

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

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 Hainault 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 Hainault compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Hainault and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Hainault is ranked #4.

#WardScore
1Chadwell Heath74
2Seven Kings70
3Grange Hill69
4Hainault68
5Chigwell Village64
6Fairlop61
7Chigwell Row60
8Aldborough59
9Fullwell55
10Barkingside54
11Chadwell50

Which road in Hainault has the highest level of crime?

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

Last updated: February 2024
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