Total Crime Rate

170.7 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 170.7 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 50.9 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 41.9 9/10
  • Other theft 29.9 10/10
  • Theft from the person 12.0 9/10
  • Drugs 9.0 8/10
  • Public order 9.0 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 9.0 7/10
  • Burglary 3.0 2/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.0 2/10
  • Shoplifting 3.0 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Capworth Street area has the 17th highest crime rate of 95 local areas in Forest , and the 125th highest crime rate of 704 local areas in Waltham Forest .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Capworth Street (E10 5GX) in the last 12 months was 170.7 per 1,000 residents and was 75.8% higher than the Forest average (97.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 17 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -75.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 20 (≈ 59.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -23.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -5.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Capworth Street (E10 5GX), the highest concentration of overall crime is near High Road, where police recorded 129 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Stanley Road (36 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

Crime Over Time in Capworth Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bickley Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St Heliers Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Bickley Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Meadowcroft Close —
Sep 2025Drugs Bickley Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Bickley Road Local resolution
Sep 2025Other theft Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order St Heliers Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour A112 —
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Bicycle theft A112 Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs A112 Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order A112 Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery A112 Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person A112 Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Leyton Green Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Poplars Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Poplars Road —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Ely Road —
Sep 2025Other theft Ely Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Ely Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour High Road —
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Westerham Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Westerham Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Westerham Road Local resolution

Data Sources

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