Gospel Oak vs Homerton

Gospel Oak has a safety score of 9/100 (High Crime) and recorded 12,257 crimes in the last 12 months. Homerton has a safety score of 8/100 (High Crime) with 15,538 crimes. Gospel Oak scores higher on the CrimeRadar safety index.

Gospel Oak shows a year-on-year crime trend of -5.5% — meaning total crimes fell compared to the same period the prior year. Homerton shows +1.6% (rising). A downward trend is a positive sign for an area.

In Gospel Oak, the most recorded crime category over the last 12 months is Anti-Social Behaviour (2,594 incidents). In Homerton, it is Violent Crime (3,798 incidents). The full breakdown by category is shown in the chart above.

Gospel Oak recorded 2,594 anti-social behaviour incidents in the last 12 months, while Homerton recorded 3,149. Anti-social behaviour includes rowdiness, nuisance and disorder that disrupts daily life but may not result in a criminal charge.

Violent crime in Gospel Oak totalled 2,440 incidents over the last 12 months, compared to 3,798 in Homerton. Violent crime includes assault with and without injury, harassment, and public order offences.

In the 12 months prior to the most recent period, Gospel Oak recorded 12,975 crimes (now 12,257, a change of -5.5%). Homerton recorded 15,293 crimes previously (now 15,538, +1.6%).

The resolution rate is the percentage of recorded crimes that resulted in a formal outcome — such as a charge, caution, penalty notice, or community resolution. Gospel Oak has a resolution rate of 32.4% and Homerton has 36.1%. A higher rate indicates police are more frequently resolving reported crimes in that area.

Gospel Oak falls within the Metropolitan Police Service boundary. Homerton is covered by Metropolitan Police Service. Each force operates independently and publishes crime data through the national UK Police API.

CrimeRadar uses 36 months of official recorded crime data from the UK Police API, updated each month. The safety score combines crime volume relative to the force average, year-on-year trend direction, and resolution rate. All figures are based on crimes recorded within each police-defined neighbourhood boundary.

Yes — CrimeRadar has individual crime map pages for both Gospel Oak and Homerton. You can view interactive maps, monthly trends and hotspot locations by visiting each neighbourhood's full statistics page linked above.