Crime Rate in Wood Street, ward

Wood Street has the 10th lowest crime rate of 22 wards in Waltham Forest district and the 2514th highest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (London), it has the 263rd lowest crime rate of 704 wards.

The overall crime rate in Wood Street in the last 12 months was 83.3 per 1,000 residents and was 25.2% lower than the Waltham Forest district average (111.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Wood Street’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 195 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 8 cases , down -65.2% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 187.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Bicycle theft ( -65.2% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 263 (≈ 26.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -5.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -23.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Wood Street ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near Parking Area, with 75 recorded incidents. Violent and public-order offences happen most frequently around Shopping Area (29 offences). Both locations are situated within roughly 0.3 miles of each other.