Normal caution
Based on public recorded crime near Lea Bridge, Waltham Forest within 500m.
Incidents
53
Trend
improving
Confidence
High
Crime Summary
Most recent public police data available: July 2026.
Area Profile
A strong food and nightlife base where theft and late-evening crowding can be more relevant than daytime concerns.
Local Policing
This point falls in the Lea Bridge neighbourhood, covered by the Metropolitan Police.
Current local priorities
- ASB by groups of males involved in drug taking / dealing. Violence against women and girls.
- Complaints from Tesco security and customers regarding persistent beggars outside store
- Reports by local residents concerning people being followed off and being robbed along with theft of bicycle in the area. Also reports of drug taking
Transport
Nearest rail-based stations from the TfL Unified API.
Lea Bridge
301m away · 55, 56, Greater Anglia
St James Street (London)
1.4km away · Weaver
Walthamstow Queens Road
1.6km away · Suffragette
Leyton Midland Road
1.7km away · Suffragette
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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.
- 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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