Total Crime Rate
214.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
60.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026High Road Leyton area has the 12th highest crime rate of 92 local areas in Forest , and the 79th highest crime rate of 687 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 High Road Leyton (E10 6AA) in the last 12 months was 214.6 per 1,000 residents and was 116.4% higher than the Forest average (99.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 29 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 29 (≈ 60.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -48.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around High Road Leyton (E10 6AA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near High Road, where police recorded 149 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 Forest| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Boreham Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Petrol Station | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Ely Road | Under investigation |
| 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 | Vehicle crime | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Petrol Station | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Leyton Midland Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Petrol Station | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | A112 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | A112 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | A112 | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tilbury Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Chesterfield Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Epsom Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Epsom Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Epsom Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Cheltenham Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ely Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Leyton Midland Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Whitehouse Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Boreham Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Moyers Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Moyers Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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