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Walthamstow

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47,776 people · median £535,000 · 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 9.9 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

424459493528Aug 2025Jul 2026475
Monthly recorded crimes within this neighbourhood
Per 1,000 / month9.9
Average across Acreright-covered districts9.9
Street-level counts · police.uk, last 12 months

By category, 12 months this neighbourhood

Anti-social behaviour
1,397
Violence and sexual offences
1,365
Other theft
502
Theft from the person
470
Vehicle crime
364
Public order
300
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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