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Leytonstone

22,608 people · median £511,000 · Waltham Forest

Waltham Forest Council · Green-controlled   31/60 seats · 52% · OCD 2026
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How safe is it? This neighbourhood

Crime runs at 16.8 per 1,000 residents a month — above 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

194263331400Aug 2025Jul 2026380
Monthly recorded crimes within this neighbourhood
Per 1,000 / month16.8
Average across Acreright-covered districts9.9
Street-level counts · police.uk, last 12 months

By category, 12 months this neighbourhood

Shoplifting
851
Anti-social behaviour
774
Violence and sexual offences
694
Other theft
192
Vehicle crime
183
Burglary
152
Recorded crimes by category within this neighbourhood, last 12 months · police.uk / Home Office

Where crime clusters

On or nearCrimes
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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