Total Crime Rate
96.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
43.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Oliver Road area has the 10th lowest crime rate of 26 local areas in Cathall , and the 280th highest crime rate of 687 local areas in Waltham Forest .
At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Oliver Road (E10 5JY) in the last 12 months was 96.7 per 1,000 residents and was 0.3% higher than the Cathall average (96.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 22 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 26 (≈ 43.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 13.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -27.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Oliver Road (E10 5JY), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Thornhill Gardens, where police recorded 53 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Brisbane Road (16 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Leyton| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Rosedene Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Auckland Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Dene Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Brisbane Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Dene Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Wilmot Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Wilmot Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Sports/Recreation Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Wilmot Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Grange Park Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Sports/Recreation Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rosedene Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sports/Recreation Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sports/Recreation Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Windsor Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Inskip Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Tennyson Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Oliver Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Tennyson Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Tennyson Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tennyson Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tennyson Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Oliver Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Osier Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Thornhill Gardens | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Thornhill Gardens | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Osier Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Thornhill Gardens | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Dene Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Inskip Close | Under investigation |
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