Total Crime Rate
384.9 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025High Road Leyton area has the 5th highest crime rate of 95 local areas in Forest , and the 32nd 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 High Road Leyton (E10 7AA) in the last 12 months was 384.9 per 1,000 residents and was 296.3% higher than the Forest average (97.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 102 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -60.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 59 (≈ 89.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -15.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -22.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around High Road Leyton (E10 7AA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near High Road, where police recorded 129 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Stanley Road (36 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Shortlands Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Ely Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Poplars Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Shortlands Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Shortlands Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Whitehouse Mews | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Poplars Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Poplars Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Ely Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Bakers Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Dunton Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Stanley Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Westerham Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Westerham Road | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Westerham Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Westerham Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Stanley Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Stanley Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | High Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Campion Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | High Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Campion Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Campion Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Ely Road | — |
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