Waltham Forest

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• Today: 11° / 9° · 29% rain
• Tomorrow: 11° / 8° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:00Sunset 16:26

9h 25m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

26US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Greenwich - Trafalgar Road (Hoskins St), United Kingdom

• 9.1 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 6.8% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

670 reported · August 2026▲ 8% YoY

• Anti-social behaviour232
• Violence & sexual offences153
• Vehicle crime62
• Other theft48

Neighbourhood team: Chapel End · Metropolitan

Source: data.police.uk (within ~1 mile)

502 reported road collisions (2025)

88 killed or seriously injured · 569 casualties · 18 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

500+ food businesses within 2 miles

• 335 rated 4–5 ★ (208 top)
• 73 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency · split of the nearest 500

• Nearest station: Wood Street (0.8 km)
• 59 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, TfL, National Rail

£532,212 average▲ 0.7% YoY

Across Waltham Forest · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,763 average monthly rent▲ 1.5% YoY

• 1 bed £1,400
• 2 bed £1,723
• 3 bed £2,023

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-08

14.4× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 14.4 times median annual pay (14.2× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

2,483 property sales in the last 12 months

12 months to May 2026

A busier or quieter market is not by itself good or bad. Monthly counts are small and volatile, so only the annual total is shown.

Source: HM Land Registry UK HPI, 12 months to 2026-05

• Cheapest petrol: 139.8p · AppleGreen (7.9 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 145.8p · AppleGreen (6.8 km)

31 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

150 charging locations within ~8 km

• 1 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 50 kW
• Nearest: Shell Recharge/Ubitricity (0.2 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres7
• Gyms2
• Sports pitches89
• Playgrounds27

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

278,424 residents in Waltham Forest · 7,173/km²

• Under 16: 20%
• 16–64: 70%
• 65+: 10%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK24,868
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK28,211
• Net moves−3,343

Residential moves between local authorities (counts of moves, not people) · ONS Internal migration, YE Jun 2025

More deprived than the average in England

Ranked 65 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

1% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£2,387 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band C (35% of 110,900)

Source: VOA council-tax stock · MHCLG band levels 2026-27

87 schools · 43,859 pupils

50 primary · 16 secondary · 21 other

Ofsted: 24 of 26 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (92%)

77 inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Waltham Forest

203 CQC-registered services

• Care homes46
• GP practices49
• Dentists42
• Homecare agencies54
• Hospitals & hospices3

CQC ratings: 92% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 1 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Waltham Forest

• Not in the Green Belt
• 48 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

Source: planning.data.gov.uk (England)

394 applications decided

81.5% granted · 321 granted, 73 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Ms Stella Creasy

Labour (Co-op)

Walthamstow

Source: UK Parliament

Green majority

• Lab 15
• Con 14
• Grn 31

Source: Open Council Data UK (CC BY-SA)

• Schools23
• GPs & clinics12
• Pharmacies10
• Supermarkets8
• Parks & greens82
• Restaurants & cafés190

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

13,380 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

186 jobs advertised · £33,487 avg

e.g. Paediatric Occupational Therapist, Paediatric Speech and Language Therapist, Special Needs Teaching Assistant

Source: Adzuna

£901 median full-time weekly pay

6.6% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£28,981 disposable income per head (2024)

Source: ONS / Nomis (claimant count · ASHE) · ONS regional GDHI

45% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 137,241 certificates

12.2% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

Source: MHCLG EPC statistics · DESNZ sub-regional fuel poverty

69% low-carbon electricity

Wind 42% · Gas 29% · Nuclear 16% · Biomass 10%

127 gCO₂/kWh · moderate intensity

Latest estimate for London · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 84.5 yrs women · 80.4 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy: 64.5 women · 64.4 men

59% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.2
• Feeling worthwhile7.5
• Happiness yesterday6.8
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.4

Average rating out of 10 · ONS personal well-being 2022-23

24 GP surgeries · 26 pharmacies in E17

• The Firs
• The Penrhyn Surgery
• The Ecclesbourne Practice

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Walthamstow:

• Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks481 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide
• Make statutory maternity pay 90% of wage for first 12 weeks & minimum wage after255 local signatures · 58,157 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND248 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• Protect creators' rights: require AI firms to disclose training data117 local signatures · 13,457 nationwide
• Review the 2026 visa brake: Publish evidence & create transitional arrangements114 local signatures · 38,019 nationwide

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-10-05

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  Waltham Forest College · 0.1 km

  Waltham Forest College is a Further Education College in Walthamstow in the London Borough of Waltham Forest. There are around 2,000 16-19-year-old students on full time study programs and 5,000 adult students mainly…

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  Walthamstow College of Art · 0.1 km

  Walthamstow College of Art was an art school based in Walthamstow, north-east London. In the 1970s, it was merged into North East London Polytechnic and is now part of the University of East London (UEL). UEL's School…

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  Thorpe Coombe Hospital · 0.2 km

  Thorpe Coombe Hospital was a psychiatric hospital and former maternity hospital in Walthamstow, London.

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  Municipal Borough of Walthamstow · 0.3 km

  Walthamstow was a local government district in southwest Essex, England from 1873 to 1965, around the town of Walthamstow. It bordered the London suburbs, forming part of the London postal district and Metropolitan Po…

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  Waltham Forest Town Hall · 0.3 km

  Waltham Forest Town Hall is a municipal building located in Walthamstow, East London. The town hall, which is the headquarters of Waltham Forest London Borough Council, is a Grade II Listed Building.

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  Sir George Monoux College · 0.5 km

  Sir George Monoux College is a sixth form college located in Walthamstow, London. It is a medium-sized college with around 1,620 full-time students as of 2018.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)