Crime Statistics for Old Ford, London, Tower Hamlets, 2024

This is our street level crime statistics overview for Old Ford in October 2024. There were a total of 2144 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 Old Ford, 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	554
Anti Social Behaviour	409
Other Theft	157
Public Order	151
Theft From The Person	146
Vehicle Crime	134
Burglary	124
Drugs	107
Bicycle Theft	94
Shoplifting	82
Criminal Damage Arson	80
Robbery	67
Other Crime	26
Possession Of Weapons	13
All Crime	2144

Map of street level crime incidents in October 2024

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)	3045
Bow (0.62 miles)	1768
Mile End (0.62 miles)	1768
South Hackney (0.88 miles)	1636
Stratford (1.39 miles)	1603
Hackney Wick (0.88 miles)	1392
Bromley (0.88 miles)	1359
Stratford Marsh (0.62 miles)	1196
Mill Meads (1.24 miles)	1190
Old Ford	1075

Where are the 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	575
Old Ford	554
Bromley	449
Bow	406
Mile End	406
South Hackney	364
Stratford Marsh	277
Mill Meads	266
Stratford	261
Hackney Wick	256

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

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 Old Ford 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 Old Ford compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Old Ford and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward.Old Ford is ranked #2.

#	Ward	Score
1	St Peter's	86
2	Bow West	85
3	Mile End	83
4	Bromley North	80
5	Bromley South	80
6	Victoria	80
7	Limehouse	77
8	Stepney Green	77
9	Bow East	76
10	Bethnal Green	76
11	St Dunstan's	72

Which road in Old Ford has the highest level of crime?

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