Our analysis of police data shows that:
- Waltham Forest has the highest rate of serious crime as a percentage of all crime in London
- Not only does Waltham Forest have the eighth highest rate of serious crime per 1,000 population, we also have the fourth highest rate of serious crime per police officer
- In comparison to Hackney, which has a similar crime profile, we have 199 fewer police officers. We do not think this is right
- Just to reach the London average of police officers per serious crime we would need an extra 127 officers
- A specially commissioned report by the police into the Borough's crime profile identified issues that additional officers could help tackle including disproportionate amounts of serious crime and relatively slow response times
