Crime Rate in Waltham Abbey West, ward

Waltham Abbey West has the 2nd highest crime rate of 18 wards in Epping Forest district and the 1257th highest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (East of England), it has the 95th highest crime rate of 947 wards.

The overall crime rate in Waltham Abbey West in the last 12 months was 115.5 per 1,000 residents and was 50.1% higher than the Epping Forest district average (76.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Waltham Abbey West’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 290 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 4 cases , down -60.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 75.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Robbery ( -69.2% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 370 (≈ 46.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -5.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -29.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Waltham Abbey West ward, the main local crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 121 crimes here, including 34 violent or public-order offences. All of these hotspots lie within roughly 0.3 miles.