Total Crime Rate
148.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
53.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Esther Road area has the 25th highest crime rate of 92 local areas in Forest , and the 147th 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 Esther Road (E11 1JB) in the last 12 months was 148.9 per 1,000 residents and was 50.1% 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 17 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 33.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 14 (≈ 53.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 7.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -20.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Esther Road (E11 1JB), the main crime hotspot is near Lemna Road. Police recorded 133 crimes here, including 38 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 | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lemna Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lemna Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Ashbridge Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Ashbridge Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ashbridge Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Leytonstone | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Leytonstone | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Lemna Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Leytonstone | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Leytonstone | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Leytonstone | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Leytonstone | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Church Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kirkdale Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lemna Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lemna Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Lemna Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Corbicum | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Percy Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Lytton Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Ripley Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ripley Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Andrew'S Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Lemna Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Kingswood Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Andrew'S Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Corbicum | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Dyson Road | — |
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