Crime Rate in Forest, ward

Forest has the 7th highest crime rate of 22 wards in Waltham Forest district and the 1749th highest crime rate ward of 7,541 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (London), it has the 346th highest crime rate of 703 wards.

The overall crime rate in Forest in the last 12 months was 97.5 per 1,000 residents and was 10.2% lower than the Waltham Forest district average (108.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Forest’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 501 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 11 cases , down -8.3% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 23.8% YoY). The sharpest decline was Bicycle theft ( -28.6% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 670 (≈ 39.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( -1.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -49.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Forest ward, the main local crime hotspot is near Parking Area. Police recorded 212 crimes here, including 126 violent or public-order offences. All of these hotspots lie within roughly 0.3 miles.