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E17 7

13,232 people · median £500,000 · Waltham Forest

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

Crime runs at 17.4 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

222249276303Aug 2025Jul 2026230
Monthly recorded crimes within this postcode sector
Per 1,000 / month17.4
Average across Acreright-covered districts9.9
Street-level counts · police.uk, last 12 months

By category, 12 months this postcode sector

Anti-social behaviour
681
Violence and sexual offences
647
Theft from the person
332
Other theft
296
Shoplifting
280
Public order
174
Recorded crimes by category within this postcode sector, 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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