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Other theft in Waltham Forest

12 months to June 2026

8.2per 1,000 residents

Police recorded 2,318 other theft offences in Waltham Forest in the 12 months to June 2026, down 0.0% (1) on the previous 12 months. That is 8.2 per 1,000 residents against 6.5 for England and Wales.

  1. Home Office · data.police.uk
  2. street-level crime archive, category “Other theft
  3. local authority via LSOA lookup
  4. population: ONS mid-2025 estimate, 283,713

Monthly, September 2011 to June 2026

Monthly recorded offences: September 2011 to June 2026CoalitionCoalitionConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeLabourLabour0200400201520202025September 2011: 236 offencesOctober 2011: 343 offencesNovember 2011: 366 offencesDecember 2011: 362 offencesJanuary 2012: 278 offencesFebruary 2012: 278 offencesMarch 2012: 404 offencesApril 2012: 349 offencesMay 2012: 407 offencesJune 2012: 386 offencesJuly 2012: 388 offencesAugust 2012: 429 offencesSeptember 2012: 375 offencesOctober 2012: 379 offencesNovember 2012: 350 offencesDecember 2012: 336 offencesJanuary 2013: 348 offencesFebruary 2013: 318 offencesMarch 2013: 315 offencesApril 2013: 386 offencesMay 2013: 290 offencesJune 2013: 268 offencesJuly 2013: 282 offencesAugust 2013: 287 offencesSeptember 2013: 268 offencesOctober 2013: 272 offencesNovember 2013: 254 offencesDecember 2013: 226 offencesJanuary 2014: 271 offencesFebruary 2014: 273 offencesMarch 2014: 269 offencesApril 2014: 266 offencesMay 2014: 262 offencesJune 2014: 294 offencesJuly 2014: 261 offencesAugust 2014: 240 offencesSeptember 2014: 233 offencesOctober 2014: 254 offencesNovember 2014: 246 offencesDecember 2014: 235 offencesJanuary 2015: 236 offencesFebruary 2015: 216 offencesMarch 2015: 243 offencesApril 2015: 237 offencesMay 2015: 209 offencesJune 2015: 263 offencesJuly 2015: 278 offencesAugust 2015: 266 offencesSeptember 2015: 229 offencesOctober 2015: 236 offencesNovember 2015: 220 offencesDecember 2015: 241 offencesJanuary 2016: 240 offencesFebruary 2016: 224 offencesMarch 2016: 196 offencesApril 2016: 206 offencesMay 2016: 224 offencesJune 2016: 272 offencesJuly 2016: 221 offencesAugust 2016: 235 offencesSeptember 2016: 210 offencesOctober 2016: 262 offencesNovember 2016: 212 offencesDecember 2016: 208 offencesJanuary 2017: 216 offencesFebruary 2017: 194 offencesMarch 2017: 231 offencesApril 2017: 215 offencesMay 2017: 206 offencesJune 2017: 231 offencesJuly 2017: 286 offencesAugust 2017: 225 offencesSeptember 2017: 207 offencesOctober 2017: 234 offencesNovember 2017: 248 offencesDecember 2017: 198 offencesJanuary 2018: 241 offencesFebruary 2018: 223 offencesMarch 2018: 245 offencesApril 2018: 222 offencesMay 2018: 249 offencesJune 2018: 222 offencesJuly 2018: 232 offencesAugust 2018: 227 offencesSeptember 2018: 237 offencesOctober 2018: 291 offencesNovember 2018: 245 offencesDecember 2018: 240 offencesJanuary 2019: 241 offencesFebruary 2019: 255 offencesMarch 2019: 254 offencesApril 2019: 242 offencesMay 2019: 263 offencesJune 2019: 266 offencesJuly 2019: 192 offencesAugust 2019: 195 offencesSeptember 2019: 180 offencesOctober 2019: 193 offencesNovember 2019: 213 offencesDecember 2019: 210 offencesJanuary 2020: 236 offencesFebruary 2020: 202 offencesMarch 2020: 186 offencesApril 2020: 152 offencesMay 2020: 166 offencesJune 2020: 206 offencesJuly 2020: 226 offencesAugust 2020: 213 offencesSeptember 2020: 171 offencesOctober 2020: 174 offencesNovember 2020: 188 offencesDecember 2020: 171 offencesJanuary 2021: 180 offencesFebruary 2021: 151 offencesMarch 2021: 146 offencesApril 2021: 184 offencesMay 2021: 197 offencesJune 2021: 207 offencesJuly 2021: 232 offencesAugust 2021: 182 offencesSeptember 2021: 173 offencesOctober 2021: 231 offencesNovember 2021: 230 offencesDecember 2021: 194 offencesJanuary 2022: 238 offencesFebruary 2022: 211 offencesMarch 2022: 219 offencesApril 2022: 255 offencesMay 2022: 243 offencesJune 2022: 245 offencesJuly 2022: 283 offencesAugust 2022: 212 offencesSeptember 2022: 198 offencesOctober 2022: 226 offencesNovember 2022: 253 offencesDecember 2022: 219 offencesJanuary 2023: 249 offencesFebruary 2023: 198 offencesMarch 2023: 238 offencesApril 2023: 216 offencesMay 2023: 230 offencesJune 2023: 254 offencesJuly 2023: 250 offencesAugust 2023: 255 offencesSeptember 2023: 238 offencesOctober 2023: 294 offencesNovember 2023: 242 offencesDecember 2023: 254 offencesJanuary 2024: 260 offencesFebruary 2024: 235 offencesMarch 2024: 235 offencesApril 2024: 225 offencesMay 2024: 229 offencesJune 2024: 224 offencesJuly 2024: 223 offencesAugust 2024: 173 offencesSeptember 2024: 186 offencesOctober 2024: 180 offencesNovember 2024: 212 offencesDecember 2024: 218 offencesJanuary 2025: 196 offencesFebruary 2025: 171 offencesMarch 2025: 221 offencesApril 2025: 191 offencesMay 2025: 181 offencesJune 2025: 167 offencesJuly 2025: 183 offencesAugust 2025: 182 offencesSeptember 2025: 197 offencesOctober 2025: 189 offencesNovember 2025: 219 offencesDecember 2025: 208 offencesJanuary 2026: 173 offencesFebruary 2026: 144 offencesMarch 2026: 195 offencesApril 2026: 199 offencesMay 2026: 203 offencesJune 2026: 226 offences

Offences recorded in this category each month, from the street-level archivePublished valueProvisional or revisedLatestShaded bands: governments (see labels)Hover or use arrow keys to read a value

Each year since 2011

Year toOffencesPer 1,000Population year
June 20116,510 (partial)
June 20123,23712.32012
June 20131,3735.12013
June 20142060.82014
June 20152390.92015
June 20162771.02016
June 20172400.92017
June 20182550.92018
June 20192931.02019
June 20202520.92020
June 20213191.12021
June 20222651.02022
June 20232851.02023
June 20242350.82024
June 20253251.12025
June 20262981.12025

What this measures

Theft not covered by the more specific theft categories, such as theft from work or from a garden.

Police-recorded crime counts offences reported to and recorded by the police. It is affected by whether people report crime and by changes in police recording practice, so it does not measure all crime that happens. The Crime Survey for England and Wales is the better guide to long-term trends in the crimes it covers. Police recorded crime is not designated as National Statistics. A higher recorded rate does not mean an area is more dangerous.

Other categories in Waltham Forest

Every local authority ranked by other theft rate · All recorded crime in Waltham Forest