Total Crime Rate

54.6 per 1,000 5/10 · Typical

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 54.6 5/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 19.4 5/10
  • Other theft 5.3 5/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 3.5 2/10
  • Burglary 3.5 4/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.5 3/10
  • Other crime 3.5 5/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.5 5/10
  • Robbery 3.5 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.5 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 1.8 1/10
  • Drugs 1.8 1/10
  • Shoplifting 1.8 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

High Road Leyton area has the 28th lowest crime rate of 95 local areas in Forest , and the 230th lowest crime rate of 704 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 High Road Leyton (E10 6RA) in the last 12 months was 54.6 per 1,000 residents and was 43.8% lower 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 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -80.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 15 (≈ 26.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -61.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around High Road Leyton (E10 6RA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Petrol Station, where police recorded 106 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Boreham Close (53 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

Crime Over Time in High Road Leyton area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Drugs Coopers Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Petrol Station Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lake Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Belgrave Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Belgrave Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Leyton Midland Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Leyton Green Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Leyton Midland Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Hainault Road
Sep 2025Theft from the person A112 Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery A112 Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs A112 Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Keats Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Ely Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Ely Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Ely Road
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Lake Road
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Pardoe Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Ely Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Farmer Road Under investigation

Data Sources

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