This is our street level crime statistics overview for Waltham Abbey in August 2024. There were a total of 272 incidents. 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 Waltham Abbey, this category is usually the largest in any urban area. This is partly because 'Violent Crime' covers so many offences compared to say BurglaryCrime Category | Incidents |
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Violent Crime | 79 |
Anti Social Behaviour | 64 |
Other Theft | 29 |
Criminal Damage Arson | 21 |
Drugs | 16 |
Vehicle Crime | 15 |
Public Order | 14 |
Shoplifting | 10 |
Burglary | 8 |
Robbery | 7 |
Bicycle Theft | 4 |
Other Crime | 2 |
Theft From The Person | 2 |
Possession Of Weapons | 1 |
All Crime | 272 |
Map of street level crime incidents in August 2024
Police data is divided in Policing Neighbourhoods. We have taken the 'best fit' neighbourhood that includes Waltham Abbey. This map shows if incidents are evenly distributed over the district or if there are hot spots in certain streets or areas.
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 Waltham Abbey
We've taken the ten nearest places to Waltham Abbey and ranked them by the number of crime incidents in each. This should allow you to see if Waltham Abbey has more crime than other surrounding areas.
Location | Crime Incidents |
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Freezy Water (1.39 miles) | 735 |
Holdbrook (1.39 miles) | 416 |
Enfield Lock (1.75 miles) | 393 |
Lea Navigation (0.31 miles) | 264 |
Waltham Cross (1.86 miles) | 251 |
New River (2.04 miles) | 211 |
Waltham Abbey | 201 |
Aimes Green (1.39 miles) | 51 |
Lea (Lee) (1.68 miles) | 41 |
Holyfield (1.86 miles) | 16 |
of Waltham Abbey Honey Lane residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census
Where are the most violent places near Waltham Abbey?
The category of crime that most concerns people is violent crime. We have taken the ten nearest place to Waltham Abbey and ranked them according to the number of violent incidents in the 'best fit' Policing neighbourhood.
Location | Violent Incidents |
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Freezy Water | 199 |
Enfield Lock | 115 |
Holdbrook | 112 |
Waltham Abbey | 79 |
Waltham Cross | 76 |
Lea Navigation | 66 |
New River | 66 |
Aimes Green | 22 |
Lea (Lee) | 8 |
Holyfield | 2 |
How likely are you to be a victim of crime in Waltham Abbey?
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 Waltham Abbey 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 Waltham Abbey compare to surrounding wards?
We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Waltham Abbey and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward.Waltham Abbey is ranked #9.# | Ward | Score |
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1 | Waltham Abbey High Beach | 89 |
2 | Cheshunt South and Theobalds | 73 |
3 | Waltham Cross | 72 |
4 | Turkey Street | 72 |
5 | Enfield Highway | 70 |
6 | Waltham Abbey South West | 69 |
7 | Waltham Abbey Paternoster | 69 |
8 | Rosedale and Bury Green | 66 |
9 | Waltham Abbey Honey Lane | 63 |
10 | Cheshunt North | 57 |
11 | Enfield Lock | 56 |
Which road in Waltham Abbey has the highest level of crime?
We have used the Index of Multiple Deprivation to find the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) in Waltham Abbey with the highest crime score. Accoding to the 2019 statistics, that is in and around this marker.Information provided by data.police.uk
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