Crime Rate in Forest, ward

Forest has the 8th highest crime rate of 22 wards in Waltham Forest district and the 1864th highest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (London), it has the 344th highest crime rate of 704 wards.

The overall crime rate in Forest in the last 12 months was 97.1 per 1,000 residents and was 12.9% lower than the Waltham Forest district average (111.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Forest’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 454 offences recorded. The least common crime was Shoplifting with 12 cases , down -7.7% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 82.4% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -22.1% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 636 (≈ 37.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 1.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -21.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Forest ward, the main local crime hotspot is near Parking Area. Police recorded 192 crimes here, including 110 violent or public-order offences. All of these hotspots lie within roughly 0.3 miles.