Crime Rate in Lea Bridge, ward

Lea Bridge has the 10th highest crime rate of 21 wards in Hackney district and the 950th highest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (London), it has the 195th highest crime rate of 704 wards.

The overall crime rate in Lea Bridge in the last 12 months was 129.0 per 1,000 residents and was 15.7% lower than the Hackney district average (153.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Lea Bridge’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 475 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 13 cases , up 116.7% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 131.8% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 566 (≈ 37.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -10.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 7.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Lea Bridge ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near Linscott Road, with 129 recorded incidents. Violent and public-order offences happen most frequently around Prout Road (38 offences). Both locations are situated within roughly 0.3 miles of each other.