Waltham Forest

278,426 people · median £530,750

Waltham Forest Council · Green-controlled 31/60 seats · 52% · OCD 2026

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How safe is it? This district

Crime runs at 9.4 per 1,000 residents a month — below the 9.9 average across districts Acreright covers. Like most places with a retail centre, offences cluster where the shops are, not where people live.

Crime rate

Monthly recorded crimes across the whole district

Per 1,000 / month9.4

Average across Acreright-covered districts9.9

Street-level counts · police.uk, last 12 months

By category, 12 months district

Violence and sexual offences

7,136

Anti-social behaviour

6,730

Vehicle crime

2,442

Other theft

2,238

Shoplifting

2,021

Drugs

1,568

Recorded crimes by category across the whole district, last 12 months · police.uk / Home Office

Where crime clusters

On or near	Crimes
Supermarket	695
Further/Higher Educational Building	454
Parking Area	402
Petrol Station	310
Lea Bridge Road	175

Busiest anonymised "on or near" markers over the last 6 months — click a row to centre the crime map there · retail-heavy spots naturally rank high (shoplifting concentrates where the shops are), and some forces log crimes at their police station, so a station can rank high without the crime happening there · police.uk

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