Waltham Abbey South & Rural
WardSouth west Epping Forest. About 7,889 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 24 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by ward
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 0% of people in Waltham Abbey South & Rural live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How Waltham Abbey South & Rural compares
Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Waltham Abbey South & Rural safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Waltham Abbey South & Rural at a rate of 102.0 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 75.7 per 1,000 people across Epping Forest.
Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 80 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Waltham Abbey South & Rural.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (320), other crime (128) and vehicle crime (112).
Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.
Rates are per resident, so places that many people work in or visit, such as Westminster, the City of London and other city centres, have far higher rates than their residents alone would suggest.
Figures for the whole of Epping Forest
These figures are published for the whole of Epping Forest, not for each ward, so they describe all of Epping Forest and not Waltham Abbey South & Rural alone. See Epping Forest
Waltham Abbey South & Rural in brief
Waltham Abbey South & Rural had 7,714 usual residents at the census.
About 0% of people in Waltham Abbey South & Rural live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Waltham Abbey South & Rural, 83.7% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In Waltham Abbey South & Rural, 4.1% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.