Crime Rate in Hoe Street, ward

Hoe Street has the 5th highest crime rate of 22 wards in Waltham Forest district and the 1157th highest crime rate ward of 7,541 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (London), it has the 240th highest crime rate of 703 wards.

The overall crime rate in Hoe Street in the last 12 months was 117.1 per 1,000 residents and was 7.8% higher than the Waltham Forest district average (108.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Hoe Street’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 454 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 16 cases , up 6.7% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 17.4% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -20.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 548 (≈ 37.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 3.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -41.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Hoe Street ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near Hoe Street, with 205 recorded incidents. Violent and public-order offences happen most frequently around Eastfield Road (46 offences). Both locations are situated within roughly 0.3 miles of each other.