Total Crime Rate
211.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
90.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Wanstead Place area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 39 local areas in South Woodford , and the 71st highest crime rate of 745 local areas in Redbridge .
Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.
The overall crime rate in the area around Wanstead Place (E11 2SR) in the last 12 months was 211.8 per 1,000 residents and was 149.6% higher than the South Woodford average (84.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 66.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 23 (≈ 90.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -8.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -27.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Wanstead Place (E11 2SR), the main crime hotspot is near Stables Row. Police recorded 259 crimes here, including 21 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Wanstead Village| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sports/Recreation Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Stables Row | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Stables Row | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Stables Row | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Stables Row | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Stables Row | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Stables Row | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Stables Row | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Stables Row | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Stables Row | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Stables Row | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Stables Row | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Stables Row | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Stables Row | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Stables Row | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Stables Row | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Stables Row | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Stables Row | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Stables Row | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Stables Row | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Highstone Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Forest Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Forest Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | The Rise | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Snaresbrook | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | High Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | High Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Ellesmere Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Highstone Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Cambridge Park | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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