Forest Area Guide | £700k Median Price & Crime | Sipuha
Avg IMD
High deprivation
Population
17,159
Households
5,837
Crimes · Jun '26
Around average · 5.6 per 1k
5,837
Households
White Brit. · 22%
Ethnicity
Muslim · 36%
Religion
High deprivation
Avg IMD
Around average · 5.6 per 1k
Crimes · Jun '26
£700,000
Median property price
228
Postcodes
5,837
Households
White Brit. · 22%
Ethnicity
Muslim · 36%
Religion
High deprivation
Avg IMD
Around average · 5.6 per 1k
Crimes · Jun '26
£700,000
Median property price
228
Postcodes

Sold prices in Forest

England & Wales
Property sales · Forest
HM Land Registry · Forest
Average price
£596,460
YoY: +9.2%
Median price: £614,281
Property type filter
Recent sale price trend
Aug '24 – Jul '26Jul '26: 2 sales · avg £735,000
X axis: MonthY axis: Avg sold price (hover shows sales count)
£735k£584k£434k
Aug '24Feb '25Aug '25Feb '26Jul '26
Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Police Recorded Crime in Forest

England & Wales
Crime trends · Forest

Counts are the sum of electoral wards in this area, not a 1-mile street search around a point.

data.police.uk · YoY vs same month last yearJul '24 – Jun '26
Key categories · YoY
Violent Crime
41
YoY +71%
433221
Jul '24Jan '25Jul '25Jan '26Jun '26
ASB
19
YoY -39%
382512
Jul '24Jan '25Jul '25Jan '26Jun '26
Vehicle Crime
9
YoY -10%
24144
Jul '24Jan '25Jul '25Jan '26Jun '26
Burglary
5
YoY —
951
Jul '24Jan '25Jul '25Jan '26Jun '26
Criminal damage
0
YoY -100%
1260
Jul '24Jan '25Jul '25Jan '26Jun '26

3 of 5 key categories improving · violent crime rising

96
incidents · Jun '26

Flood risk in Forest

High flood risk in part of this area

1 of 9 sampled points in Zone 3

Not in a flood zoneZone 2Zone 3

Zone 3 is land with a 1 in 100 (1%) or greater chance of flooding in any year.

Recorded as Fluvial Models

Environment Agency flood map for planning · 9-point area sample, not a check on any one property

School applications

We've matched this area to Waltham Forest.

You apply through this education local authority even if the school is in another council area.

Apply for a primary place via Waltham Forest

GOV.UK is the official apply and admissions handoff. We do not link a generic council homepage. Per-LA composite prospectus URLs are not in the API yet.

Amenities in Forest

GPs make up most of the mapped places

55 GPs · 11 Libraries · 3 Museums · 72 in all

  • GPs55
  • Libraries11
  • Museums3
  • Hospitals2
  • Universities1

OpenStreetMap · selected tags only · council totals; wards use the parent figure

Overview of Forest

Coordinates51.5733, -0.0053
Postcodes
228
Population (Census)
17,159
Households (Census)
5,837
Recorded crime · Jun '26
Around average · 5.6 per 1k

Demographics in Forest

Ethnicity

Total residents: 17,263
White Brit.22.4%
Pakistani21.1%
Other White14.5%
African7.8%
Caribbean6.5%
+ 12 other groups · 27.6%

Religion

Total residents: 17,249
Muslim35.8%
Christian32.4%
No religion21.7%
Not answered6.4%
Hindu1.5%
+ other · 2.2%

Age groups

Total residents: 17,159
35–4924.4%
25–3416.8%
50–6414.9%
10–157.9%
≤47.4%
+ 5 other age groups · 28.5%

Households

Total households: 5,837
Other18.2%
Married or civil partnership couple: Dependent children16.7%
With dependent children8.6%
Lone parent family: With dependent children8.3%
Other, including all full-time students and all aged 66 years and over7.1%
+ 8 other households · 41.1%

Area Deprivation (Average IMD) for Forest

Area IMD profile
This area-level value is averaged from postcode IMD deciles within the area boundary.
High deprivation
Mean decile 3.73 (1 = most deprived, 10 = least)
1 - Most deprived10 - Least deprived
Overall this area reads as High deprivation on relative deprivation, with a mean IMD decile of 3.73 (average of postcode-level deciles in this boundary).