Total Crime Rate

643.7 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 643.7 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 247.1 10/10
  • Shoplifting 201.2 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 63.2 9/10
  • Burglary 25.9 10/10
  • Other theft 20.1 10/10
  • Robbery 20.1 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 14.4 8/10
  • Public order 14.4 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 14.4 9/10
  • Drugs 8.6 8/10
  • Theft from the person 8.6 8/10
  • Bicycle theft 5.8 8/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Kingswood Road area has the highest crime rate of 95 local areas in Forest , and the 10th highest crime rate of 704 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 Kingswood Road (E11 1SQ) in the last 12 months was 643.7 per 1,000 residents and was 562.9% higher than the Forest average (97.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 86 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 2 cases , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 175.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Robbery ( -30.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 34 (≈ 97.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 47.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -19.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Kingswood Road (E11 1SQ), the main crime hotspot is near Further/Higher Educational Building. Police recorded 461 crimes here, including 42 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Kingswood Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Kirkdale Road
Sep 2025Shoplifting Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Further/Higher Educational Building Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Further/Higher Educational Building Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Leytonstone
Sep 2025Shoplifting Further/Higher Educational Building Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Kirkdale Road
Sep 2025Shoplifting Further/Higher Educational Building Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Further/Higher Educational Building Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Further/Higher Educational Building Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Leytonstone
Sep 2025Shoplifting Leytonstone Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Leytonstone Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Leytonstone Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Further/Higher Educational Building Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Poppleton Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Lemna Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Lemna Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Lemna Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Lemna Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Lemna Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Further/Higher Educational Building Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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