Waltham Forest

18°COvercast

• Today: 21° / 12° · 14% rain
• Tomorrow: 22° / 15° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:25Sunset 19:28

13h 3m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

9US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Tower Hamlets - Blackwall, United Kingdom

699 reported · July 2026▼ 12% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences202
• Anti-social behaviour200
• Vehicle crime73
• Other theft42

110 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Chapel End · Metropolitan

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

499 reported road collisions (2024)

66 killed or seriously injured · 613 casualties · 17.9 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

500+ food businesses within 2 miles

• 336 rated 4–5 ★ (212 top)
• 67 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

£522,743 average▲ 2.5% YoY

Across Waltham Forest · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,765 average monthly rent▲ 1.1% YoY

• 1 bed £1,402
• 2 bed £1,725
• 3 bed £2,025

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-07

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

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

55 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)

Among the most deprived areas in England

Ranked 45 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

2% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£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 · 44,156 pupils

50 primary · 16 secondary · 21 other

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

78inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

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

207 CQC-registered services

• Care homes46
• GP practices49
• Dentists43
• Homecare agencies57
• Hospitals & hospices3

CQC ratings: 93% of rated services Good or Outstanding

Source: Care Quality Commission · Waltham Forest

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

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

344 applications decided

79.7% granted · 274 granted, 70 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

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 & cafés189

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

12,955 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

174 jobs advertised · £32,451 avg

e.g. Cleaner, Scooter Delivery Driver, SEN Teaching Assistant- Waltham Forest

Source: Adzuna

£901 median full-time weekly pay

6.5% 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

92% low-carbon electricity

Solar 88% · Gas 6% · Nuclear 3% · Imports 2%

24 gCO₂/kWh · very low 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 referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership435 local signatures · 163,883 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership387 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s288 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Nationalise water companies to make water a non profit publicly owned asset170 local signatures · 30,175 nationwide
• Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks159 local signatures · 49,615 nationwide

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-08-06

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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)