Total Crime Rate
301.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
121.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026High Road Leytonstone area has the 7th highest crime rate of 76 local areas in Cann Hall , and the 45th highest crime rate of 687 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 High Road Leytonstone (E11 3HR) in the last 12 months was 301.5 per 1,000 residents and was 212.3% higher than the Cann Hall average (96.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 30 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 33 (≈ 121.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 13.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 22.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around High Road Leytonstone (E11 3HR), the main crime hotspot is near Lynn Road. Police recorded 150 crimes here, including 39 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Cann Hall| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Harrow Green | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Lynn Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Lynn Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Lynn Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Lynn Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Lynn Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Lynn Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Lynn Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Lynn Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Harrow Green | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Lynn Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Southwell Grove Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ranelagh Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Ranelagh Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Ranelagh Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Denmark Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Denmark Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Denmark Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | B161 | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Denmark Street | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | West Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | West Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | West Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Lynn Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Lynn Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Birch Grove | Under investigation |
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