Total Crime Rate
254.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
68.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Capworth Street area has the 9th highest crime rate of 92 local areas in Forest , and the 59th highest crime rate of 687 local areas in Waltham Forest .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Capworth Street (E10 5AF) in the last 12 months was 254.5 per 1,000 residents and was 156.7% higher than the Forest average (99.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 32 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Theft from the person ( -25.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 23 (≈ 68.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 21.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -27.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Capworth Street (E10 5AF), the highest concentration of overall crime is near High Road, where police recorded 149 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Stanley Road (41 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Forest| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Cheltenham Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Meadowcroft Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Whitehouse Mews | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Leyton Green Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Knotts Green Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Knotts Green Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Keats Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Keats Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Keats Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Keats Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Meadowcroft Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Meadowcroft Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Meadowcroft Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Whitehouse Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Meadowcroft Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Meadowcroft Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Meadowcroft Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Meadowcroft Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Meadowcroft Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Meadowcroft Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Meadowcroft Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Meadowcroft Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Copeland Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Belmont Park Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Whitehouse Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Whitehouse Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | High Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ely Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Ely Road | Under investigation |
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