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South Chingford

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13,585 people · median £485,000 · 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 10.1 per 1,000 residents a month — above the 9.5 average across districts Acreright covers. Like most places with a retail centre, offences cluster where the shops are, not where people live.

Crime rate

116127138149Aug 2025Jul 2026137
Monthly recorded crimes within this neighbourhood
Per 1,000 / month10.1
Average across Acreright-covered districts9.5
Street-level counts · police.uk, last 12 months

By category, 12 months this neighbourhood

Violence and sexual offences
349
Anti-social behaviour
269
Shoplifting
236
Vehicle crime
221
Other theft
143
Drugs
86
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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