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18 recorded sales · median £210,000 · Waltham Forest
Waltham Forest Council · Green-controlled 31/60 seats · 52% · OCD 2026
71/100
Good
AcreRight area score · our comparison, not an official rating
£210k
median price
9
crimes per 1,000 residents each month
£210k
median sold price
14.3 yrs
of local pay to buy
13 min
London — fastest
12
rail stations
1
grammar school
87
schools total
9
crimes per 1,000 residents each month
728
Violence — most
18.2
NO₂ · WHO 10
4.5%
in a flood zone
1,170
green spaces
8.4
PM2.5 · WHO 5
751
eat & drink
297
shops
88.4%
gigabit
47
gyms & leisure
Tiles show street’s own prices; crime, schools, transport, health & amenities are shown for the wider area — each tab labels its source.
Score by what matters: AffordabilityCommuteSchoolsSafetyEnvironmentAmenities
Sold price trend
£106,550 in 2000 → £310,000 in 2012
⌄ On this street: every recorded sale is listed under Cost — this is the finest level we hold. Everything else is shown for the wider Waltham Forest, clearly labelled.
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All figures, sources and dates
Prices2026-07-21
Affordability2025
Council tax & governance2026/27 (tax); 2025 (control)
Crime2026-06
Deprivation2025
Census2021
Schools2026
Health2026/2025
Transport2026
Broadband2024-07
Environment2023–24
Ground checks2022–25
Heritage & planning2026
Amenities2026
Companies2026-07-01
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What does it cost? This street
A typical home here sells for £210,000. That's about 14.3× local earnings — around the 14.6× five-year average.
Sold price history
2012 · 2 sales
Median sold price · median of all 18 sales£210,000
HM Land Registry Price Paid
By property type
Too few sales by type to chart.
Typical home price compared with annual local pay14.3× · five-year average 14.6×
HM Land Registry, 12 months
Home ownership49%
Households owning their home · ONS Census 2021
Council tax£2,387
London Borough of Waltham Forest£1,876
Greater London Authority£511
Council tax bands A–H
Band A£1,591
Band B£1,857
Band C£2,122
Band D (baseline)£2,387
Band E£2,917
Band F£3,448
Band G£3,978
Band H£4,774
Full-year charge for every band, derived from Band D at the statutory ratios (A = 6/9 of Band D … H = 18/9). MHCLG 2026/27.
Pick your band — the breakdown recalculates · MHCLG 2026/27 · hand-curated each April
Neighbourhood prices in Waltham Forest how Sylvan Road compares · from Waltham Forest
⌃ Fastest 5-yr growth: Highams Park +33.9%
| Neighbourhood | Median price | 5-year change | Sales, 12m |
|---|---|---|---|
| Highams Park | £630,000 | +33.9% | 211 |
| Chingford Green | £530,000 | +27.4% | 203 |
| Chingford Hatch | £467,500 | +26.2% | 109 |
| Leytonstone | £511,000 | +19.8% | 422 |
| Chapel End | £550,000 | +18.9% | 393 |
Sorted by 5-year change — click a row → the map flies there; click the name → its full report · HM Land Registry, 12 months
Homes in Sylvan Road — sold prices
Filters
| Address | Type | Beds | EPC | Price | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flat 1 7, Sylvan Road | Flat | — | — | £373,800 | Jun 2021 |
| 11, Sylvan Road | Terraced | — | — | £665,000 | Jun 2019 |
| 7 SYLVAN ROAD | Other | — | — | £1,000 | Apr 2019 |
| 1 Sylvan Road | Flat | — | — | £292,500 | Jun 2014 |
| 5, Sylvan Road | Terraced | — | — | £410,000 | Aug 2012 |
| Flat 2 7 Sylvan Road | Flat | — | — | £210,000 | Aug 2012 |
| 5, Sylvan Road | Terraced | — | — | £187,000 | Feb 2009 |
| 1 Sylvan Road | Flat | — | — | £205,000 | May 2007 |
| Flat 2 7 Sylvan Road | Flat | — | — | £177,000 | Jan 2006 |
| 1a, Sylvan Road | Semi-detached | — | — | £270,000 | Nov 2005 |
18 recent sales — showing 10 · Search & browse every home →
Type a street, address or postcode to narrow this list; clear to see the latest sales. Click any home → its full report (sale history, EPC, estimate). Beds inferred from floor area · HM Land Registry + EPC
How safe is it? from Waltham Forest
Crime runs at 9 per 1,000 residents a month. Like most places with a retail centre, offences cluster where the shops are, not where people live.
Crime rate
Per 1,000 / month9
Street-level counts · police.uk, last 12 months
By category, 12 months from Waltham Forest
Recorded crimes by category across the whole Waltham Forest district, last 12 months · police.uk / Home Office
Where crime clusters
police.uk publishes anonymised "on or near" points, not named hotspots. The map above shows where they cluster, with the crime layer on.
Clusters of anonymised on-or-near markers, not addresses · police.uk
Who lives here? from Waltham Forest
Population278,426
ONS Census 2021 (Nomis) · this neighbourhood
Relative deprivation — this area's neighbourhoods average 5/10 · improved since 2019. A higher number means less deprivation. Roughly 45% of English neighbourhoods fall in more-deprived bands.
Full deprivation breakdown — all seven domains
DEPRIVATION
IMD decile 5/10
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WHAT THIS MEANSThis area scores 5/10 on the Index of Multiple Deprivation — around the national average (averaged across its neighbourhoods). About 45% of neighbourhoods in England are more deprived than this area. The scale runs 1 (most deprived 10%) to 10 (least deprived).
SINCE 2019Was IMD decile 4 in 2019 — has improved since.
The seven things the index measures, each on the same 1–10 scale (higher = better). A low bar shows where the deprivation actually is.
Income
3.7/10
Employment
4.7/10
Education & skills
5.9/10
Health & disability
5.9/10
Crime
4.4/10
Housing & services
4.0/10
Living environment
2.9/10
Index of Multiple Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG), averaged over the LSOAs in this area. · IoD2025
Figures for the wider Waltham Forest — the same across neighbouring areas. This page's own prices, crime and streets are shown in full on their tabs.
Employment rate · residents aged 16+63%
Unemployment · economically active residents7.5%
Degree-level (Level 4+)43%
Good or very good health85%
Own their home49%
Median age35.8
Born outside the UK39%
See the full Waltham Forest report →
ONS Census 2021 · wider district
Schools This street
50% of the 2 nearest inspected schools are rated Good or Outstanding. Catchments shown are the council-published ones where held, estimates otherwise — always labelled.
Ofsted
1 of 2 inspected schools rated Good or Outstanding
of the 2 nearest inspected schools
of the 2 nearest inspected schools
GIAS + Ofsted · post-Sept-2024 inspections show "Inspected — see report"
Catchments
Likely-nearest catchment line per school where councils publish polygons; estimated by distance otherwise — always labelled which.
Council catchment polygons + GIAS
Nearest schools 25 nearest schools
AllPrimarySecondaryGrammarNursery
| School | Phase | Ofsted | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Edinburgh Primary School | Primary | — | 0.3 km |
| Early Buds Nursery Ltd | Nursery | — | 0.3 km |
| KMK Kinderzimmer Walthamstow | Nursery | — | 0.4 km |
| Early Learners Centre Pre-School | Nursery | Good ('24) | 0.4 km |
| Walthamstow Village Montessori Nursery | Nursery | Good ('21) | 0.5 km |
| Carville Day Nursery | Nursery | Good ('23) | 0.5 km |
| Willow Tree Nursery Limited | Nursery | Good ('25) | 0.5 km |
| South Grove Primary School | Primary | — | 0.6 km |
| Footsteps Day Nursery | Nursery | Good ('25) | 0.6 km |
| Walthamstow School for Girls | Secondary | — | 0.7 km |
Nearest first · type to search all schools, or filter by phase · click a school → its full report page · GIAS + Ofsted
Health This street
25
nearest GP surgeries · nearest 0.2 km
NHS ODS
NHS ODS
25
nearest dentists · nearest 0.4 km
NHS ODS
NHS ODS
25
nearest pharmacies · nearest 0.2 km
NHS ODS
NHS ODS
14 of 16 CQC-rated providers nearby are Good or Outstanding.
Nearest GPs, dentists & pharmacies
AllGPsDentistsPharmacies
| Name | Type | CQC rating | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Queens Road Medical Centre | GP | — | 0.2 km |
| Britannia Pharmacy | Pharmacy | — | 0.2 km |
| Doorstep Chemist | Pharmacy | — | 0.2 km |
| Boots | Pharmacy | — | 0.2 km |
| Superdrug Pharmacy | Pharmacy | — | 0.2 km |
| Eclipse Pyramid Pharmacy | Pharmacy | — | 0.3 km |
| Church Hill Dental Surgery | Dentist | — | 0.4 km |
| Hoe Street Dental Surgery | Dentist | — | 0.5 km |
Nearest first · type to search, or filter by type · click a provider → its full page · NHS ODS + CQC · — = not CQC-rated (e.g. pharmacies)
Getting around from Waltham Forest
5 nearest stations; the fastest to London is 15 min from St James Street (London) Rail Station.
Rail — 5 nearest stations
| Station | Distance | To London | Fastest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Walthamstow Queens Road Rail Station | 0.1 mi | — | no direct train |
| Walthamstow Central Rail Station | 0.1 mi | London Liverpool Street | 17 min |
| St James Street (London) Rail Station | 0.5 mi | London Liverpool Street | 15 min |
| Wood Street Rail Station | 0.9 mi | London Liverpool Street | 19 min |
| Blackhorse Road Rail Station | 0.9 mi | — | no direct train |
Nearest first (miles from the area centre) · fastest London time in bold — from St James Street (London) Rail Station (15 min) · click a station → its page · National Rail
Travel to work
Census travel-to-work — how residents commute
EV charging54 points
Per 10,000 residents1.9
National Chargepoint Registry · pins on the map · speed split (rapid/fast/slow) pending NCR field ingestion
Environment from Waltham Forest
Air quality
µg/m³ annual mean · DEFRA
Ground checks
Surface water 1-in-1002%
Flood zone4.5% of postcodes
Radonup to 1–3% of homes
Historic landfill78 sites within ~1 km
EA · UKHSA/BGS · Mining Remediation Authority — indicative, not a property search
Transport noise (Defra)
Road & rail noise bands (≥55 / ≥65 dB Lden) are being added — not yet available for this area. They cover major sources only; "not mapped" ≠ "quiet".
Defra strategic noise mapping
Heritage & green space
Listed buildings118
Conservation areas15
Green belt21.7%
Green spaces1,170
Historic England · OS Open Greenspace
Amenities from Waltham Forest
What's here
| Category | Count | Note |
|---|---|---|
| Eat & drink | 751 | 74% hygiene 4★+ (FSA) |
| Shops | 297 | supermarkets & convenience stores |
| Gyms, leisure & playgrounds | 47 | — |
| Green spaces & parks | 1,170 | filled areas on the map |
OSM + FSA
Broadband
% of premises · Ofcom Connected Nations
Local economy from Waltham Forest
Figures for the wider Waltham Forest — the same across neighbouring areas. This page's own prices, crime and streets are shown in full on their tabs.
Unemployment rate7.5%
In work (employment rate)63.2%
Companies registered here30,035
New incorporations (12m)5,961
Property companies (SPVs)3,497
See the full Waltham Forest report →
Companies House + ONS Census 2021 · wider district