Total Crime Rate
37.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
18.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Thornhill Road area has the 5th lowest crime rate of 26 local areas in Cathall , and the 127th 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 Thornhill Road (E10 5LL) in the last 12 months was 37.7 per 1,000 residents and was 60.9% lower 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 5 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 6 (≈ 18.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -14.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -36.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Thornhill Road (E10 5LL), the main crime hotspot is near High Road Leyton. Police recorded 78 crimes here, including 27 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Leyton| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Tennyson Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Inskip Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Balmoral Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Tennyson Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Dene Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Inskip Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Inskip Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Dene Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Inskip Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Petrol Station | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | High Road Leyton | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | High Road Leyton | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | High Road Leyton | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Balmoral Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Balmoral Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Buckland Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Thornhill Gardens | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tennyson Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Tennyson Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Windsor Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rosedene Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Rosedene Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tennyson Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Thornhill Gardens | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Thornhill Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Thornhill Gardens | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Grange Park Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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