Total Crime Rate

108.0 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 108.0 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 28.1 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 15.1 8/10
  • Robbery 15.1 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 13.0 9/10
  • Drugs 8.6 8/10
  • Other crime 8.6 9/10
  • Public order 8.6 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 6.5 4/10
  • Other theft 2.2 1/10
  • Theft from the person 2.2 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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

Canterbury Road area has the 35th highest crime rate of 95 local areas in Forest , and the 248th highest crime rate of 704 local areas in Waltham Forest .

At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Canterbury Road (E10 6EH) in the last 12 months was 108.0 per 1,000 residents and was 11.2% 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 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Theft from the person ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 24 (≈ 51.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -7.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -22.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Canterbury Road (E10 6EH), the main crime hotspot is near Parking Area. Police recorded 186 crimes here, including 106 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

Crime Over Time in Canterbury Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Public order Nottingham Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary James Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Essex Road South Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Hainault Road
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hainault Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Hainault Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Hainault Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Hainault Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Forest Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Forest Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Forest Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Forest Road
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Cromer Road
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Boscombe Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Boscombe Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Boscombe Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation

Data Sources

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