Low caution
Based on public recorded crime near Hatch Lane & Highams Park North, Waltham Forest within 500m.
Incidents
13
Trend
rising
Confidence
Medium
Crime Summary
Most recent public police data available: May 2026.
May 2026 is about 11% below the 12-month average of 14.6 incidents.
Area Profile
A strong food and nightlife base where theft and late-evening crowding can be more relevant than daytime concerns.
Transport
Nearest rail-based stations from the TfL Unified API.
Highams Park
1.1km away · Weaver
Chingford
1.9km away · Weaver
Nearby Safer Alternatives
Indicative suggestions for comparing nearby visitor bases.
This area already compares well against nearby visitor districts in the current heuristic set.
How to Read This
Designed for travel planning, not certainty.
- Recent street-level incidents within the selected radius are weighted by category.
- Violence, robbery, weapons and burglary carry higher weight than lower-severity categories.
- Up to 12 months of history are averaged with recency decay, so one unusual month does not swing the score.
- A stable neighbourhood baseline from the official English Indices of Deprivation crime domain anchors the score.
- Dense central visitor areas are normalized so footfall does not automatically imply danger.
- Improving recent trend slightly lifts the score; a rising trend lowers it.
- The score is indicative and based only on public recorded crime data, not a guarantee of personal safety.
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