Waltham Abbey
TownTown in Epping Forest, East of England.
Waltham Abbey is an ONS built-up area: the land built up as one town, whatever council it is in. Figures for Waltham Abbey add up the census output areas (or, for claimants, the neighbourhoods) that sit mostly inside it, so they are close to, but not exactly, the town’s own.
Radon Affected Area by town
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 0% of people in Waltham Abbey live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How Waltham Abbey compares
Each dot is a town. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Waltham Abbey safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Waltham Abbey at a rate of 106.9 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 80.2 per 1,000 people across East of England.
Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 213 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Waltham Abbey.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (761), other crime (311) and anti-social behaviour (280).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in Waltham Abbey was 92.2 per 1,000 people.
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.
Deprivation in Waltham Abbey, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so Waltham Abbey has no single figure. Of its 12 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 3: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 4: 5 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 1 neighbourhood
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in Waltham Abbey
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Epping Forest 007A | 1,389 | 70.3 per 1,000 | 4 | 93.4% |
| Epping Forest 007B | 1,407 | 67.8 per 1,000 | 8 | 97.0% |
| Epping Forest 007C | 1,842 | 78.8 per 1,000 | 6 | 88.7% |
| Epping Forest 007D | 1,609 | 53.6 per 1,000 | 4 | 96.8% |
| Epping Forest 007E | 1,464 | 138.6 per 1,000 | 3 | 82.0% |
| Epping Forest 008A | 1,551 | 41.4 per 1,000 | 6 | 95.5% |
| Epping Forest 008B | 1,581 | 96.0 per 1,000 | 4 | 92.6% |
| Epping Forest 008C | 1,419 | 53.0 per 1,000 | 5 | 97.9% |
| Epping Forest 008D | 1,834 | 106.3 per 1,000 | 6 | 80.4% |
| Epping Forest 008E | 2,690 | 111.7 per 1,000 | 5 | 83.4% |
| Epping Forest 009B | 1,255 | 62.5 per 1,000 | 4 | 46.8% |
| Epping Forest 009C | 2,042 | 284.3 per 1,000 | 4 | 78.6% |
Your MP
- Dr Neil HudsonConservativeMP for Epping Forest
As of , from the UK Parliament Members API. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.
Council1
Postcode districts covering Waltham Abbey1
Middle areas in Waltham Abbey3
Towns near Waltham Abbey6
Waltham Abbey in brief
Waltham Abbey is a town in Epping Forest, East of England.
About 19,072 people lived in Waltham Abbey in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £385,000 in 2025 across 234 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 106.9 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in Waltham Abbey was £385,000 in 2025.
Waltham Abbey had 18,645 usual residents at the census.
About 0% of people in Waltham Abbey live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Waltham Abbey, 88.1% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.