Total Crime Rate
23.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
14.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Farmer Road area has the 3rd lowest crime rate of 92 local areas in Forest , and the 58th lowest crime rate of 687 local areas in Waltham Forest .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Farmer Road (E10 5DJ) in the last 12 months was 23.4 per 1,000 residents and was 76.4% lower than the Forest average (99.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 5 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Anti-social behaviour ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 7 (≈ 14.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -30.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -26.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Farmer Road (E10 5DJ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Petrol Station, where police recorded 109 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Boreham Close (60 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Leyton| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | A112 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Meadowcroft Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Meadowcroft Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Lawton Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Meadowcroft Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Keats Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Petrol Station | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Keats Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Meadowcroft Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | King Edward Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Petrol Station | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Petrol Station | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Keats Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Coopers Lane | 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 | Anti-social behaviour | Pardoe Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ryder Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Ryder Avenue | Under investigation |
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