Total Crime Rate

100.7 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

21.6 per 1,000 4/10 · Low

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 100.7 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 25.2 8/10
  • Violent crimes 21.6 4/10
  • Burglary 21.6 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 14.4 4/10
  • Other theft 10.8 8/10
  • Public order 7.2 6/10
  • Theft from the person 7.2 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 7.2 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.6 5/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.6 3/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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

High Road Leytonstone area has the 37th highest crime rate of 76 local areas in Cann Hall , and the 268th highest 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 High Road Leytonstone (E11 3GA) in the last 12 months was 100.7 per 1,000 residents and was 4.3% higher than the Cann Hall average (96.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 33.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 6 (≈ 21.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 20.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 70.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around High Road Leytonstone (E11 3GA), the main crime hotspot is near Further/Higher Educational Building. Police recorded 638 crimes here, including 46 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in High Road Leytonstone area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Shoplifting Further/Higher Educational Building Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Robbery Cotton Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Lansdowne Road —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Ferndale Road —
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Lancaster Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Lancaster Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Cobden Road —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Cobden Road —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Cobden Road —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Cotton Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Further/Higher Educational Building Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Malvern Road —
Apr 2026Shoplifting Further/Higher Educational Building Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Theft from the person Leytonstone Under investigation
Apr 2026Theft from the person Leytonstone Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Further/Higher Educational Building Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Further/Higher Educational Building Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Further/Higher Educational Building Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Further/Higher Educational Building Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Mohmmad Khan Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Malvern Road —
Apr 2026Drugs Leytonstone Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Harrington Road —
Apr 2026Shoplifting Further/Higher Educational Building Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Burghley Road —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Burghley Road —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Burghley Road —
Apr 2026Shoplifting Church Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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