The aim of this article is to provide a brief overview of street level crime in Old Ford using the latest Police statistics. Police data is usually published two months in arrears, so July 2020 are the latest figures. The data published by the Police are incidents that were reported to them in that month, not the crimes that were prosecuted and/or had further action taken. In by far the majority of incidents, no further action is taken.
There were a total of 1861 street level crime incidents in Old Ford in July 2020. The largest category was Anti Social Behaviour, followed by Violent Crime. Below are these incidents broken down by category.
| Crime Category | Incidents |
|---|---|
| Anti Social Behaviour | 731 |
| Violent Crime | 320 |
| Other Theft | 134 |
| Vehicle Crime | 131 |
| Burglary | 108 |
| Public Order | 95 |
| Bicycle Theft | 80 |
| Criminal Damage Arson | 74 |
| Drugs | 70 |
| Theft From The Person | 41 |
| Robbery | 35 |
| Shoplifting | 20 |
| Other Crime | 15 |
| Possession Of Weapons | 7 |
| All Crime | 1861 |
Map of street level crime incidents in July 2020
Police data is divided in Policing Neighbourhoods. We have taken the 'best fit' neighbourhood that includes Old Ford. 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 Old Ford
We've taken the ten nearest places to Old Ford and ranked them by the number of crime incidents in each. This should allow you to see if Old Ford has more crime than other surrounding areas.
| Location | Crime Incidents |
|---|---|
| Bethnal Green (1.39 miles) | 2876 |
| Bow (0.62 miles) | 2344 |
| Mile End (0.62 miles) | 2248 |
| South Hackney (0.88 miles) | 2217 |
| Bromley (0.88 miles) | 1972 |
| Old Ford | 1861 |
| Stratford Marsh (0.62 miles) | 1537 |
| Stratford (1.39 miles) | 1468 |
| Mill Meads (1.24 miles) | 1442 |
| Hackney Wick (0.88 miles) | 1334 |
of Tower Hamlets residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2011 Census
Most violent places near Old Ford
The category of crime that most concerns people is violent crime. We have taken the ten nearest place to Old Ford and ranked them according to the number of violent incidents in the 'best fit' Policing neighbourhood.
| Location | Violent Incidents |
|---|---|
| Bethnal Green | 419 |
| South Hackney | 419 |
| Bow | 411 |
| Bromley | 372 |
| Mile End | 369 |
| Old Ford | 320 |
| Stratford Marsh | 242 |
| Hackney Wick | 238 |
| Stratford | 196 |
| Mill Meads | 196 |
Information provided by data.police.uk
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