Total Crime Rate
40.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
2.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Sanderstead Road area has the 9th lowest crime rate of 52 local areas in Lea Bridge , and the 143rd lowest crime rate of 687 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 Sanderstead Road (E10 7PP) in the last 12 months was 40.5 per 1,000 residents and was 72.0% lower than the Lea Bridge average (144.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Drugs with 4 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 1 (≈ 2.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -50.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -59.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Sanderstead Road (E10 7PP), the main crime hotspot is near Elm Park Road. Police recorded 105 crimes here, including 36 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Lea Bridge| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bloxhall Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Belvedere Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Perth Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Elm Park Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Bloxhall Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Belvedere Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Elm Park Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Elm Park Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Staffa Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Staffa Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Wellington Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Elm Park Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Burwell Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Burwell Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Burwell Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Burwell Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Elm Park Road | — |
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