Total Crime Rate
147.7 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025William 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.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | High Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Stanley Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Poplars Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Poplars Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Dunton Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Stanley Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Stanley Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | High Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Stanley Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Stanley Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Stanley Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Stanley Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Westerham Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Westerham Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Westerham Road | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Westerham Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Keats Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Poplars Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Poplars Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Poplars Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | High Road | — |
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