Map of London crime rates by ward

[trefford21]

I created this map using ward level data from the Metropolitan Police. Similar to the Met's own map, but they only show two-year changes. I thought it was interesting to look at a longer-term trend. It shows that compared to the rest of London, crime rates in this area are fairly low. The Lane ward is higher, but has seen one of the fastest rates of decline over the past 5 and 10 years.

Overall crime rate for London is 91 crimes per 1000 population, and Southwark is 110.

Of the 624 London wards, these are the rankings of selected wards...

The Lane, 51st highest rate (150 crimes per 1000 population). 105th highest reduction in crime over 5 years (-28%).

Village, 331st highest rate (74 crimes per 1000 population). 167th highest reduction in crime over 5 years (-24%).

East Dulwich, 375th highest rate (70 crimes per 1000 population). 353rd highest reduction in crime over 5 years (-14%).

South Camberwell, 451st highest rate (63 crimes per 1000 population). 256th highest reduction in crime over 5 years (-19%).

Peckham Rye, 455th highest rate (62 crimes per 1000 population). 219th highest reduction in crime over 5 years (-21%).

http://datacollator.blogspot.co.uk/2013/11/london-crime-statistics-by-ward.html

[El Pibe]

fascinating stuff

[El Pibe]

and vaguely reassured by your England's Slow Starts post

http://datacollator.blogspot.co.uk/2013/03/englands-dodgy-starts.html

[trefford21]

Ha! I'm sure they'll score a few more on a flat track in Adelaide, but I fear it'll be more of the same in Perth.

[Otta]

Can't view it at the moment. How does Penge look?

[alice]

very interesting - but as rates are given per 1000 of the population which sounds totally fair

wouldn't that result in skewing results against areas where the population may be low but actual numbers of people physically in the streets high. eg places where many people congregate for transport, entertainment or shopping

[PeckhamRose]

Wow. This backs up what the police tell us every time we attend the Police Ward Panel! Love living here!

[Burbage]

PeckhamRose Wrote:

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> Wow. This backs up what the police tell us every

> time we attend the Police Ward Panel! Love living

> here!

That's because these figures are invented by Plod itself (see http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-25022680), allegedly according to whatever gets targets met or makes a good case for more funding.

The British Crime Survey is regarded (by government and others, when it suits them) as being more reliable. However, the BCS is done through interviews with about 50,000 randomly-selected people, so won't be directly comparable at ward level, and won't be fine-grained enough to base strategies on. It's also probable that the victims of nastier crimes, such as murder, would be less likely than average to respond.

[El Pibe]

yes alice, hence why the west end had 1900 crimes per 1000 population.

I'm not sure that's skewing the figures though is it? It does give the absolute figures too, which are also absurdly high even if it's less residential.