Total Crime Rate

320.0 per 1,000 10/10 · 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 320.0 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 100.0 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 74.3 9/10
  • Drugs 34.3 10/10
  • Theft from the person 22.9 10/10
  • Other theft 20.0 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 20.0 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 14.3 8/10
  • Burglary 11.4 9/10
  • Public order 11.4 8/10
  • Other crime 5.7 7/10
  • Possession of weapons 5.7 8/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

Church Road area has the 8th highest crime rate of 95 local areas in Forest , and the 46th highest crime rate of 704 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 Church Road (E10 5JP) in the last 12 months was 320.0 per 1,000 residents and was 229.6% higher than the Forest average (97.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 35 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 2 cases , down -33.3% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 150.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Possession of weapons ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 32 (≈ 91.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 10.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 93.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Church Road (E10 5JP), the main crime hotspot is near High Road Leyton. Police recorded 73 crimes here, including 31 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

Crime Over Time in Church Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Balmoral Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Pine Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dene Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Inskip Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Inskip Close
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Robinia Crescent Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft High Road Leyton Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery High Road Leyton Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences High Road Leyton Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Balmoral Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Wilmot Road
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Camellia Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Camellia Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Brisbane Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Ive Farm Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Brisbane Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Primrose Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Primrose Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Thornhill Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Grange Park Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Primrose Road
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Thornhill Gardens
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Crawley Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Balmoral Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Thornhill Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Thornhill Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Thornhill Gardens Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Thornhill Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Petrol Station Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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