Crime Rate in Lea Bridge, ward

Lea Bridge has the 9th lowest crime rate of 21 wards in Hackney district and the 1077th highest crime rate ward of 7,541 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (London), it has the 224th highest crime rate of 703 wards.

The overall crime rate in Lea Bridge in the last 12 months was 120.9 per 1,000 residents and was 20.9% lower than the Hackney district average (152.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Lea Bridge’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 414 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 18 cases , up 20.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 46.2% YoY). The sharpest decline was Bicycle theft ( -16.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 566 (≈ 37.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( -1.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -34.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Lea Bridge ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near Supermarket, with 127 recorded incidents. Violent and public-order offences happen most frequently around Chatsworth Road (39 offences). Both locations are situated within roughly 0.3 miles of each other.