Crime Rate in St James, ward

St James has the 10th highest crime rate of 22 wards in Waltham Forest district and the 2183rd highest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (London), it has the 313th lowest crime rate of 704 wards.

The overall crime rate in St James in the last 12 months was 89.9 per 1,000 residents and was 19.3% lower than the Waltham Forest district average (111.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, St James’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 325 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 4 cases , down -63.6% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 97.2% YoY). The sharpest decline was Possession of weapons ( -63.6% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 315 (≈ 21.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -9.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 13.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the St James ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near Supermarket, with 208 recorded incidents. Violent and public-order offences happen most frequently around Parking Area (39 offences). Both locations are situated within roughly 0.3 miles of each other.