Total Crime Rate
212.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
84.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Knotts Green Road area has the 13th highest crime rate of 92 local areas in Forest , and the 82nd highest crime rate of 687 local areas in Waltham Forest .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Knotts Green Road (E10 6DD) in the last 12 months was 212.4 per 1,000 residents and was 114.2% higher than the Forest average (99.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 22 (≈ 84.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 15.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Knotts Green Road (E10 6DD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near High Road, where police recorded 149 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Stanley Road (41 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 | Meadowcroft Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Whitehouse Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Whitehouse Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Meadowcroft Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Whitehouse Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Petrol Station | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Whitehouse Mews | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | College Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Copeland Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Copeland Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | College Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | High Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | West Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Poplars Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Poplars Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Poplars Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Stanley Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Stanley Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | High Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | College Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Meadowcroft Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | High Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cromwell Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Whitehouse Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | High Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | High Road | — |
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