Crime Rate in Wood Street, ward

Wood Street has the 11th lowest crime rate of 22 wards in Waltham Forest district and the 2231st highest crime rate ward of 7,541 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (London), it has the 287th lowest crime rate of 703 wards.

The overall crime rate in Wood Street in the last 12 months was 87.1 per 1,000 residents and was 19.8% lower than the Waltham Forest district average (108.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Wood Street’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 220 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 7 cases , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 51.5% YoY). The sharpest decline was Robbery ( -29.2% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 286 (≈ 28.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 1.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -42.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Wood Street ward, the main local crime hotspot is near Albion Road. Police recorded 95 crimes here, including 43 violent or public-order offences. All of these hotspots lie within roughly 0.3 miles.