Total Crime Rate
68.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
25.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Knotts Green Road area has the 41st lowest crime rate of 92 local areas in Forest , and the 298th lowest crime rate of 687 local areas in Waltham Forest .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Knotts Green Road (E10 6DE) in the last 12 months was 68.0 per 1,000 residents and was 31.5% lower 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 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -14.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 8 (≈ 25.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -82.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Knotts Green Road (E10 6DE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near High Road, where police recorded 149 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Supermarket (34 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Forest| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | St Stephens Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | College Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Whitehouse Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Whitehouse Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Whitehouse Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Whitehouse Mews | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | College Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | College Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | College Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Leyton Green Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | 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 | Other theft | Knotts Green Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Merton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Meadowcroft Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Meadowcroft Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Whitehouse Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Whitehouse Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Meadowcroft Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Greg Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cromwell Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ely Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Ely Road | Under investigation |
| 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 | Greg Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Greg Close | — |
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