Total Crime Rate

104.0 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 104.0 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 30.6 7/10
  • Burglary 15.3 10/10
  • Theft from the person 15.3 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 12.2 6/10
  • Other theft 9.2 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 6.1 5/10
  • Drugs 6.1 6/10
  • Public order 3.1 2/10
  • Robbery 3.1 3/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.1 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 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

Lawton Road area has the 40th highest crime rate of 95 local areas in Forest , and the 267th highest crime rate of 704 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 Lawton Road (E10 6RR) in the last 12 months was 104.0 per 1,000 residents and was 7.1% 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 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Public order with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 400.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 12 (≈ 36.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 50.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -48.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Lawton Road (E10 6RR), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Petrol Station, where police recorded 147 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 Lawton Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other theft Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour King Edward Road
Sep 2025Burglary Leyton Midland Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Hainault Road
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Francis Road
Sep 2025Drugs Francis Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Tilbury Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person King Edward Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person King Edward Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery King Edward Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary King Edward Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Brunswick Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Coopers Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Lawton Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sedgwick Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Petrol Station Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Coopers Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Crawley Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Boreham Close Under investigation

Data Sources

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