Total Crime Rate
220.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
51.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Hainault Road area has the 11th highest crime rate of 92 local areas in Forest , and the 77th 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 Hainault Road (E11 1EL) in the last 12 months was 220.5 per 1,000 residents and was 122.4% 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 36 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Theft from the person ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 13 (≈ 51.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -23.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 73.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Hainault Road (E11 1EL), the main crime hotspot is near Forest Road. Police recorded 65 crimes here, including 20 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 | Wallwood Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bulwer Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Percy Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Chelmsford Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Fairlop Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Fairlop Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wallwood Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Wallwood Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Forest Drive East | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Forest Drive East | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Forest Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Hainault Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Clarendon Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Clarendon Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hainault Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bulwer Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Forest Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cromer Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Forest Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Forest Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Forest Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bulwer Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Forest Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bulwer Court Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Hainault Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Essex Road South | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bulwer Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bulwer Road | Under investigation |
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