Total Crime Rate

112.2 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 112.2 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 24.1 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 20.0 8/10
  • Other theft 16.0 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 12.0 8/10
  • Burglary 8.0 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 8.0 6/10
  • Public order 6.0 5/10
  • Theft from the person 6.0 7/10
  • Other crime 4.0 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 2.0 1/10
  • Drugs 2.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.0 1/10
  • Robbery 2.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

Lancaster Road area has the 34th highest crime rate of 78 local areas in Cann Hall , and the 237th highest crime rate of 704 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 Lancaster Road (E11 3EJ) in the last 12 months was 112.2 per 1,000 residents and was 17.4% higher than the Cann Hall average (95.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 700.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 17 (≈ 34.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 70.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -42.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Lancaster Road (E11 3EJ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near High Road Leytonstone, where police recorded 95 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Cobden Road (23 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

Crime Over Time in Lancaster Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other theft Trinity Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cobden Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Cecil Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Cecil Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Cecil Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Lancaster Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Lancaster Road —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cotton Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Robinson Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Robinson Close —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cobden Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cobden Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cobden Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Cecil Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Cobden Road —
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Supermarket —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Beachcroft Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Beachcroft Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Beachcroft Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Joseph Ray Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Joseph Ray Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Joseph Ray Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Cecil Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Cecil Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Joseph Ray Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other crime Newcomen Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Trinity Close —

Data Sources

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