Total Crime Rate

147.7 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 147.7 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 36.9 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 26.9 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 20.1 8/10
  • Drugs 13.4 9/10
  • Public order 13.4 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 10.1 7/10
  • Possession of weapons 10.1 10/10
  • Robbery 6.7 8/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.4 5/10
  • Other crime 3.4 4/10
  • Theft from the person 3.4 4/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 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

William Street area has the 21st highest crime rate of 95 local areas in Forest , and the 161st highest crime rate of 704 local areas in Waltham Forest .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around William Street (E10 6BD) in the last 12 months was 147.7 per 1,000 residents and was 52.1% 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 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Theft from the person ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 20 (≈ 67.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 122.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -51.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around William Street (E10 6BD), 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 William Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour High Road
Sep 2025Theft from the person Stanley Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Poplars Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Poplars Road
Sep 2025Drugs Dunton Road Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Stanley Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Stanley Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour High Road
Sep 2025Other theft Stanley Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Stanley Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Stanley Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Stanley Road Under investigation
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
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Westerham Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Keats Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Poplars Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Poplars Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Poplars Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour High Road

Data Sources

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