Total Crime Rate

101.7 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

36.8 per 1,000 7/10 · High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 101.7 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 41.1 9/10
  • Violent crimes 36.8 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 36.8 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 10.8 8/10
  • Other theft 4.3 4/10
  • Burglary 2.2 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 2.2 1/10
  • Other crime 2.2 1/10
  • Theft from the person 2.2 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Forest Road area has the 39th highest crime rate of 92 local areas in Forest , and the 265th 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 Forest Road (E11 1LE) in the last 12 months was 101.7 per 1,000 residents and was 2.6% 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 , down -66.7% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Theft from the person ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 17 (≈ 36.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 41.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -11.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Forest Road (E11 1LE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Forest Road, where police recorded 56 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Boscombe Avenue (18 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Forest Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Forest Drive East Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Hainault Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Wallwood Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Other theft Wallwood Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Wallwood Road
Apr 2026Public order Forest Drive East Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Forest Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Burglary Hainault Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Hainault Road
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Clarendon Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Clarendon Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Bulwer Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Bulwer Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Bulwer Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Bulwer Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Essex Road South Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Bulwer Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Bulwer Court Road
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Boscombe Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Canterbury Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Serbin Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Cavendish Drive Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences The Sidings Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences The Sidings Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Lambourne Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order The Sidings Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Boscombe Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Forest Road
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Forest Road
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Forest Road

Data Sources

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