Police-recorded · Waltham Forest · Metropolitan Police Service
Theft from the person in Waltham Forest
12 months to June 2026
4.7per 1,000 residents
Police recorded 1,322 theft from the person offences in Waltham Forest in the 12 months to June 2026, down 27.8% (509) on the previous 12 months. That is 4.7 per 1,000 residents against 1.7 for England and Wales.
Home Office · data.police.uk
street-level crime archive, category “Theft from the person”
local authority via LSOA lookup
population: ONS mid-2025 estimate, 283,713
Monthly, May 2013 to June 2026
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 to
Offences
Per 1,000
Population year
June 2011
0 (partial)
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June 2012
3,990
15.1
2012
June 2013
5,427
20.3
2013
June 2014
5,101
18.9
2014
June 2015
4,694
17.1
2015
June 2016
4,882
17.6
2016
June 2017
4,706
16.9
2017
June 2018
4,959
17.7
2018
June 2019
5,163
18.4
2019
June 2020
4,568
16.3
2020
June 2021
4,328
15.6
2021
June 2022
4,784
17.2
2022
June 2023
4,843
17.2
2023
June 2024
6,555
23.1
2024
June 2025
6,639
23.4
2025
June 2026
6,078
21.4
2025
What this measures
Theft of property directly from a person without force, such as pickpocketing.
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.