Total Crime Rate
94.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
39.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Matlock Road area has the 40th highest crime rate of 92 local areas in Forest , and the 287th 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 Matlock Road (E10 6BU) in the last 12 months was 94.5 per 1,000 residents and was 4.7% lower 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 8 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 13 (≈ 39.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 62.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -61.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Matlock Road (E10 6BU), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Western Road, where police recorded 68 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Petrol Station (24 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Forest| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Merton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Carnarvon Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Greg Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Greg Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Greg Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Greg Close | 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 | Other theft | Epsom Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Chesterfield Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Carnarvon Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Griggs Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nottingham Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nottingham Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Canterbury Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Ely Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ely Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Western Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Western Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Western Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cromwell Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Matlock Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Whitehouse Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Merton Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Merton Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Knotts Green Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Petrol Station | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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