Crime Rate in High Street, ward

High Street has the highest crime rate of 22 wards in Waltham Forest district and the 242nd highest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (London), it has the 56th highest crime rate of 704 wards.

The overall crime rate in High Street in the last 12 months was 216.2 per 1,000 residents and was 94.0% higher than the Waltham Forest district average (111.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, High Street’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 583 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 12 cases , down -7.7% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 146.2% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -32.5% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 818 (≈ 60.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 5.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -18.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the High Street ward, the main local crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 462 crimes here, including 97 violent or public-order offences. All of these hotspots lie within roughly 0.3 miles.