Total Crime Rate

198.0 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

52.0 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 198.0 9/10
  • Violent crimes 52.0 8/10
  • Drugs 46.0 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 44.0 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 22.0 8/10
  • Theft from the person 18.0 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 18.0 10/10
  • Other theft 16.0 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 10.0 7/10
  • Shoplifting 8.0 5/10
  • Public order 6.0 5/10
  • Burglary 4.0 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 2.0 1/10
  • Other crime 2.0 1/10
  • Robbery 2.0 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

Shortlands Road area has the 14th highest crime rate of 92 local areas in Forest , and the 91st highest crime rate of 687 local areas in Waltham Forest .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Shortlands Road (E10 7AH) in the last 12 months was 198.0 per 1,000 residents and was 99.7% higher than the Forest average (99.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Drugs with 23 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -16.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 26 (≈ 52.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -10.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 213.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Shortlands Road (E10 7AH), the main crime hotspot is near Stanley Road. Police recorded 106 crimes here, including 41 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Shortlands Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/80)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Russell Road —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Whitney Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Livingstone Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Drugs Lea Bridge Road Local resolution
Apr 2026Theft from the person Westerham Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Westerham Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Westerham Road —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Poplars Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Lea Bridge Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Lea Bridge Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Whitney Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Lea Bridge Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Gandhi Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Gandhi Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Kings Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Byron Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Byron Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Poplars Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Possession of weapons Bickley Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Robbery Stanley Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Lea Bridge Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Livingstone Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Stanley Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Drugs Shortlands Road Local resolution
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Russell Road —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Russell Road —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Russell Road —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Lea Bridge Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Lea Bridge Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Russell Road Under investigation
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Data Sources

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