Total Crime Rate

214.6 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

60.4 per 1,000 8/10 · High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 214.6 10/10
  • Violent crimes 60.4 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 60.4 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 43.8 8/10
  • Other theft 25.0 10/10
  • Drugs 16.7 9/10
  • Theft from the person 16.7 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 14.6 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 12.5 8/10
  • Robbery 10.4 9/10
  • Public order 6.3 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 2.1 1/10
  • Burglary 2.1 1/10
  • Other crime 2.1 1/10
  • Shoplifting 2.1 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Cheltenham Road area has the 12th highest crime rate of 92 local areas in Forest , and the 79th 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 Cheltenham Road (E10 6EU) in the last 12 months was 214.6 per 1,000 residents and was 116.4% higher 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 29 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 29 (≈ 60.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -48.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Cheltenham Road (E10 6EU), the main crime hotspot is near Petrol Station. Police recorded 152 crimes here, including 64 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Cheltenham Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Keats Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Merton Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime College Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft College Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson College Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson College Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Keats Road —
Apr 2026Drugs Keats Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Keats Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour High Road —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour High Road —
Apr 2026Other theft Knotts Green Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Drugs Whitehouse Mews Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Knotts Green Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Merton Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Merton Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Burglary Meadowcroft Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour High Road —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour High Road —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour High Road —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Leyton Green Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Whitehouse Mews Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Whitehouse Mews —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Whitehouse Mews Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour High Road —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Whitehouse Mews Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Meadowcroft Close —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Meadowcroft Close —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Meadowcroft Close —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Meadowcroft Close —

Data Sources

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