Total Crime Rate
77.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
32.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Forest Drive East area has the 45th lowest crime rate of 92 local areas in Forest , and the 334th lowest crime rate of 687 local areas in Waltham Forest .
At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Forest Drive East (E11 1JY) in the last 12 months was 77.2 per 1,000 residents and was 22.2% lower than the Forest average (99.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 133.3% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 32.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 42.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -80.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Forest Drive East (E11 1JY), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Hainault Road, where police recorded 44 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Hospital Road (11 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Forest| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Hospital Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Hainault Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| 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 | Anti-social behaviour | Wallwood Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Forest Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Lytton Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Percy Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hainault Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Essex Road South | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hospital Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Hainault Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hospital Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Hospital Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cromer Road | Under investigation |
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