Hatch Lane & Highams Park North
WardNorth east Waltham Forest. About 12,690 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 2.7 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by ward
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 0% of people in Hatch Lane & Highams Park North live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How Hatch Lane & Highams Park North compares
Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Hatch Lane & Highams Park North safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Hatch Lane & Highams Park North at a rate of 64.3 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 103.8 per 1,000 people across Waltham Forest.
Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 46 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Hatch Lane & Highams Park North.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (218), anti-social behaviour (175) and other crime (132).
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 Waltham Forest
These figures are published for the whole of Waltham Forest, not for each ward, so they describe all of Waltham Forest and not Hatch Lane & Highams Park North alone. See Waltham Forest
Hatch Lane & Highams Park North in brief
Hatch Lane & Highams Park North had 12,945 usual residents at the census.
About 0% of people in Hatch Lane & Highams Park North live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Hatch Lane & Highams Park North, 91.9% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In Hatch Lane & Highams Park North, 5.5% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.