Total Crime Rate
120.9 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Forest Business Park area has the 17th highest crime rate of 52 local areas in Lea Bridge , and the 212th highest crime rate of 704 local areas in Waltham Forest .
Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.
The overall crime rate in the area around Forest Business Park (E10 7FB) in the last 12 months was 120.9 per 1,000 residents and was 16.9% lower than the Lea Bridge average (145.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Drugs with 38 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 850.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -71.4% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 8 (≈ 14.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -42.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 98.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Forest Business Park (E10 7FB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Argall Way, where police recorded 66 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Shopping Area (4 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Lea Bridge| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Staffa Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | — |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Argall Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Argall Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
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