Elm Park vs Forest

Elm Park has a safety score of 6/100 (High Crime) and recorded 2,185 crimes in the last 12 months. Forest has a safety score of 8/100 (High Crime) with 9,723 crimes. Forest scores higher on the CrimeRadar safety index.

Elm Park shows a year-on-year crime trend of +11% — meaning total crimes rose compared to the same period the prior year. Forest shows -0.7% (falling). A downward trend is a positive sign for an area.

In Elm Park, the most recorded crime category over the last 12 months is Violent Crime (562 incidents). In Forest, it is Anti-Social Behaviour (2,282 incidents). The full breakdown by category is shown in the chart above.

Elm Park recorded 446 anti-social behaviour incidents in the last 12 months, while Forest recorded 2,282. Anti-social behaviour includes rowdiness, nuisance and disorder that disrupts daily life but may not result in a criminal charge.

Violent crime in Elm Park totalled 562 incidents over the last 12 months, compared to 2,149 in Forest. Violent crime includes assault with and without injury, harassment, and public order offences.

In the 12 months prior to the most recent period, Elm Park recorded 1,969 crimes (now 2,185, a change of +11%). Forest recorded 9,795 crimes previously (now 9,723, -0.7%).

The resolution rate is the percentage of recorded crimes that resulted in a formal outcome — such as a charge, caution, penalty notice, or community resolution. Elm Park has a resolution rate of 32.8% and Forest has 30.1%. A higher rate indicates police are more frequently resolving reported crimes in that area.

Elm Park falls within the Metropolitan Police Service boundary. Forest is covered by Metropolitan Police Service. Each force operates independently and publishes crime data through the national UK Police API.

CrimeRadar uses 36 months of official recorded crime data from the UK Police API, updated each month. The safety score combines crime volume relative to the force average, year-on-year trend direction, and resolution rate. All figures are based on crimes recorded within each police-defined neighbourhood boundary.

Yes — CrimeRadar has individual crime map pages for both Elm Park and Forest. You can view interactive maps, monthly trends and hotspot locations by visiting each neighbourhood's full statistics page linked above.