Crime Statistics for Isle of Dogs, London, Lewisham, 2024

This is our street level crime statistics overview for Isle of Dogs in September 2024. There were a total of 1006 incidents. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Anti Social Behaviour.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Isle of Dogs, 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 Category	Incidents
Violent Crime	220
Anti Social Behaviour	209
Shoplifting	113
Other Theft	78
Vehicle Crime	74
Theft From The Person	64
Burglary	48
Robbery	44
Public Order	43
Drugs	43
Criminal Damage Arson	37
Bicycle Theft	15
Possession Of Weapons	10
Other Crime	8
All Crime	1006

Map of street level crime incidents in September 2024

Police data is divided in Policing Neighbourhoods. We have taken the 'best fit' neighbourhood that includes Isle of Dogs. 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 Isle of Dogs

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Blackwall (1.39 miles)	1833
Millwall (0.62 miles)	1673
St Johns (1.24 miles)	1441
Rotherhithe (1.39 miles)	1282
Evelyn (0.25 miles)	1039
Isle of Dogs	1006
Cubitt Town (0.88 miles)	964
Poplar (1.24 miles)	932
Greenwich (1.39 miles)	651
New Cross (1.39 miles)	537

Where are the most violent places near Isle of Dogs?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Blackwall	480
St Johns	460
Poplar	409
Rotherhithe	381
Millwall	376
New Cross	280
Evelyn	233
Isle of Dogs	220
Cubitt Town	208
Greenwich	159

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

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 Isle of Dogs 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 Isle of Dogs compare to surrounding wards?

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

#	Ward	Score
1	Peninsula	84
2	New Cross	82
3	Nunhead & Queen's Road	77
4	Brockley	74
5	Greenwich West	70
6	Rotherhithe	70
7	Surrey Docks	65
8	Evelyn	64
9	Blackheath	63
10	Telegraph Hill	57
11	Island Gardens	34

Which road in Isle of Dogs has the highest level of crime?

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