Crimes recorded by neighbourhood income deprivation decile in London (2024)
Last updated: February 2025
Next estimated update: February 2026
What does this indicator show?
This indicator shows the number of crimes recorded in London neighbourhoods, broken down by the neighbourhoods’ level of deprivation and type of crime. It brings together street-level crime, as recorded by the three police forces operating in London: the Metropolitan Police Service, City of London Police and British Transport Police.
What does it tell us?
Recorded crime in London is more prevalent in the neighbourhoods with the higher levels of income deprivation:
- Overall, 41% more crimes were recorded in the most income-deprived 10% of areas in 2024, compared to the least income-deprived 10%
- Violence, robbery and sexual offences as well as Anti-social behaviour, public order and miscellaneous offences, are just over 2 times more prevalent in the most income-deprived 10% of areas compared to the least income-deprived 10%
- Drugs and weapons offences are 2.5 times more prevalent in the most income-deprived 10% of areas compared to the least income-deprived 10%.
These figures only scratch the surface of what is undoubtedly a complex relationship between crime and deprivation. For example, these figures only look at crime reported to and recorded by London’s police forces. As only a subset of crimes are brought to the police’s attention, the overall levels are almost certainly higher than indicated here. It is also likely that people have differing likelihoods of reporting a crime to the police.
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