Total Crime Rate
109.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
17.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Chelmsford Road area has the 38th highest crime rate of 92 local areas in Forest , and the 251st highest crime rate of 687 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 Chelmsford Road (E11 1BS) in the last 12 months was 109.5 per 1,000 residents and was 10.5% higher than the Forest average (99.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 19 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -55.6% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 5 (≈ 17.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -54.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -36.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Chelmsford Road (E11 1BS), the main crime hotspot is near Leytonstone. Police recorded 102 crimes here, including 29 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Leytonstone| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Leytonstone | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Leytonstone | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wallwood Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Scarborough Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Scarborough Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Scarborough Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Scarborough Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Scarborough Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Hampton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Hampton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hampton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hampton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Leytonstone | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Leytonstone | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Wallwood Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dyers Hall Road South | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Connaught Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Fairlop Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Fairlop Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Chelmsford Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Leytonstone | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Leytonstone | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Wallwood Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hampton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Southwest Road | — |
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