Crime Statistics for Wanstead, London, Redbridge, 2024

Crime statistics for Wanstead, London

There were a total of 365 street level crime incidents in Wanstead in January 2024. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Anti Social Behaviour.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Wanstead, this category is usually the largest in any urban area. This is partly because 'Violent Crime' covers so many offences compared to say Burglary

Crime CategoryIncidents
Violent Crime83
Anti Social Behaviour69
Vehicle Crime51
Other Theft33
Public Order28
Theft From The Person21
Criminal Damage Arson19
Robbery16
Shoplifting14
Drugs12
Burglary11
Bicycle Theft4
Other Crime2
Possession Of Weapons2
All Crime365

Map of street level crime incidents in January 2024

Police data is divided in Policing Neighbourhoods. We have taken the 'best fit' neighbourhood that includes Wanstead. This map shows if incidents are evenly distributed over the district or if there are hot spots in certain streets or areas.

How grim is your Postcode?

Where Police data is not specific to an address for privacy reasons, most roads are represented by 1 to 2 markers or clusters. However, this should be enough to ascertain if the road you live in or are thinking of moving to, is a crime hot spot. The only exception could be where there is a large cluster of a single crime category on a street, as this could but not necessarily be related to multiple incidents at one address.



Crime incidents in neighbouring areas to Wanstead

We've taken the ten nearest places to Wanstead and ranked them by the number of crime incidents in each. This should allow you to see if Wanstead has more crime than other surrounding areas.

LocationCrime Incidents
Forest Gate (1.86 miles)1155
Manor Park (2.24 miles)1066
Walthamstow (1.96 miles)1046
Newbury Park (2.48 miles)828
Hale End (2.24 miles)515
Cranbrook (1.39 miles)499
Aldersbrook (0.62 miles)481
Barkingside (2.55 miles)413
Wanstead365
South Woodford (1.24 miles)249

25.87%
of Wanstead Park residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



Where are the most violent places near Wanstead?

The category of crime that most concerns people is violent crime. We have taken the ten nearest place to Wanstead and ranked them according to the number of violent incidents in the 'best fit' Policing neighbourhood.

LocationViolent Incidents
Forest Gate280
Manor Park256
Walthamstow221
Newbury Park214
Cranbrook126
Barkingside126
Aldersbrook120
Hale End107
Wanstead83
South Woodford44

How likely are you to be a victim of crime in Wanstead?

Every two years the government publishes the Index of Multiple Deprivation. One of those domains is crime, more precisely, how likely you are to be the victim of a what is known as 'personal crime', such as muggings or burglary. The governemnt publish these statitsics down to the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) or in simple geographic terms, a few roads. These statistics are also published on a ward level as an average of the LSOAs in that area. We have taken the average rank and converted it into a more accessble form, a score out of 100. Where the higher the score, the more likely you are in Wanstead to be a victim of personal crime. Note that the following score has been generated from the 2019 statistics. At the time of writing, these have not been updated by the government during and since the COVID 19 pandemic.

How does crime in Wanstead compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Wanstead and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Wanstead is ranked #2.

#WardScore
1Hoe Street76
2Wanstead Park74
3Forest74
4Lea Bridge73
5Leyton65
6Wood Street64
7Leytonstone64
8Cann Hall60
9Wanstead Village58
10Clayhall56
11South Woodford54

Which road in Wanstead has the highest level of crime?

We have used the Index of Multiple Deprivation to find the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) in Wanstead with the highest crime score. Accoding to the 2019 statistics, that is in and around Royston Parade.

Last updated: January 2024
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