Total Crime Rate
214.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
60.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Cheltenham 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.
View Crime In Forest| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Keats Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Merton Road | Under investigation |
| 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 | Criminal damage and arson | College Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Keats Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Keats Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Keats Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | High Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | High Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Knotts Green Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Whitehouse Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Knotts Green Road | 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 | Burglary | Meadowcroft Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | High Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | High Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | High Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Leyton Green Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Whitehouse Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Whitehouse Mews | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Whitehouse Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | High Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Whitehouse Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Meadowcroft Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Meadowcroft Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Meadowcroft Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Meadowcroft Close | — |
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