Crime Rate in Chingford Green, ward

Chingford Green has the 11th highest crime rate of 22 wards in Waltham Forest district and the 2198th highest crime rate ward of 7,541 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (London), it has the 292nd lowest crime rate of 703 wards.

The overall crime rate in Chingford Green in the last 12 months was 87.9 per 1,000 residents and was 19.1% lower than the Waltham Forest district average (108.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Chingford Green’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 274 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 9 cases , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 27.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -14.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 360 (≈ 29.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 5.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -50.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Chingford Green ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near Parking Area, with 125 recorded incidents. Violent and public-order offences happen most frequently around Police Station (49 offences). Both locations are situated within roughly 0.3 miles of each other.