Crime Rate in High Street, ward

High Street has the highest crime rate of 22 wards in Waltham Forest district and the 225th highest crime rate ward of 7,541 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (London), it has the 54th highest crime rate of 703 wards.

The overall crime rate in High Street in the last 12 months was 217.2 per 1,000 residents and was 100.0% higher than the Waltham Forest district average (108.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, High Street’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 595 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 11 cases , up 22.2% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 40.6% YoY). The sharpest decline was Bicycle theft ( -18.2% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 878 (≈ 64.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 5.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -44.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the High Street ward, the main local crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 446 crimes here, including 103 violent or public-order offences. All of these hotspots lie within roughly 0.3 miles.