Total Crime Rate
169.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
73.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Woodlands Road area has the 18th highest crime rate of 76 local areas in Cann Hall , and the 116th 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 Woodlands Road (E11 4RW) in the last 12 months was 169.2 per 1,000 residents and was 75.3% 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 22 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Theft from the person ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -42.9% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 24 (≈ 73.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 14.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -53.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Woodlands Road (E11 4RW), 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 Cathall| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Lynn Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Lynn Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Lynn Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Lynn Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Lynn Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Lynn Road | 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 | Shoplifting | Lynn Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Lynn Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Lynn Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Lynn Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Lynn Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Lynn Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| 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 | Shoplifting | Lynn Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lynn Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cobden Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cobden Road | — |
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