Crime Rates at Overton Road, London, E10 7PR

Overton Road 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 Overton Road (E10 7PR) 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 Overton Road (E10 7PR), the main crime hotspot is near Elm Park Road. Police recorded 109 crimes here, including 44 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.