Wood Street
Waltham Forest 013 · 6 sub-areas · 11,052 residents
Wood Street is a commuter neighbourhood within Waltham Forest — train into London runs in around 6 minutes, and the rhythm of weekday mornings is shaped by it. The demographic profile leans family-aged, with a clear share of households with school-age children; a high share of adults are degree-educated, which often shows up in the kind of jobs people commute to.
Overview
What's it like to live in Wood Street?
3 parks and 9 playgrounds are within five minutes' walk, so greenspace is reliably close at hand; daytime amenity skews to cafés and bakeries (16 within five minutes' walk) rather than pubs and bars; Recorded crime is higher than the national norm — common for built-up urban areas, but worth weighing if you're looking for a quieter base; Public transport is genuinely strong; most errands and a fair share of social life don't need a car; rents sit firmly in the upper bracket nationally, with a typical home letting at around £1,753 a month; gigabit broadband is effectively universal.
Generated from the latest May 2026 data · refreshed automatically
Figures are aggregated across 6 sub-areas — population-weighted means for rates, sums for counts. Sources cited beneath each section.
Wood Street in Waltham Forest
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Frequently asked
- What's the median rent in Wood Street?
- The median monthly rent across Wood Street is £1,753.
- How safe is Wood Street?
- Wood Street has a safety score of — out of 100, where higher is safer. The score is the national percentile rank of police-recorded crimes per 1,000 residents per year, inverted.
- How well-connected is Wood Street?
- Transport score: — out of 100. Combines walking time to the nearest rail station, walking time to the nearest metro stop, and public-transport time to clusters with 5,000+ jobs. The nearest rail station is roughly 6 minutes' walk.
- What schools are near Wood Street?
- There are 29 schools within 2 km of Wood Street, of which 20% are rated Good or Outstanding by Ofsted. The nearest Outstanding-rated school is approximately 1843 m away.
- What is the council tax band in Wood Street?
- The most common council tax band in Wood Street is B, with the typical Band D annual charge around £2,039. Council tax is set by Waltham Forest council and applies to every property in the area.
- How long is the commute from Wood Street to London?
- By the fastest direct train, the journey from Wood Street to central London is approximately 6 minutes. This is the fastest no-change rail journey from the local area centroid; door-to-door times will vary with walking time to the station.
- Is gigabit broadband available in Wood Street?
- 100% of premises in Wood Street are gigabit-capable according to Ofcom Connected Nations 2025. Most properties can already buy gigabit packages.
- What is the deprivation rank of Wood Street?
- Wood Street sits in IMD decile 3 of 10, where 1 is the most deprived 10% of local areas nationally and 10 is the least deprived. The Index of Multiple Deprivation combines income, employment, education, health, crime, barriers and environment.
- What's the tenure mix in Wood Street?
- 31% of households in Wood Street are owner-occupied. The remainder is split between private renting and social housing — see the Demographics section for the full breakdown from Census 2021.
- What is the average property price in Wood Street?
- The average property price across Waltham Forest (the local authority covering Wood Street) is approximately £525,119, per HM Land Registry's House Price Index. Per-local area prices vary; see the cost-of-living section for medians by property type.
- Is Wood Street a commuter town or workplace hub?
- Commuter town — most working residents travel out for work. (0.32 jobs per working-age resident. Median resident salary £37,971.)
- Which local areas are part of Wood Street?
- Wood Street contains 6 local areas: Waltham Forest 013B, Waltham Forest 013E, Waltham Forest 013F, Waltham Forest 013A, Waltham Forest 013D…
Frequently asked about Wood Street
Short answers anchored in the data above. Each link goes to the relevant section or methodology page.
- What is the average rent in Wood Street?
- The estimated median monthly rent in Wood Street is £1,753. This is derived from the council-area ONS rental figure scaled by the local sale-price gradient — see the Cost section for the breakdown by bedroom count and the affordability ratio against local salaries.
- Is Wood Street a safe place to live?
- Wood Street has a safety score of 30/100. The score is the national percentile rank of police-recorded crime per 1,000 residents, inverted so 100 is the safest 1% of England + Wales. The Safety section below shows the breakdown by category.
- What schools are near Wood Street?
- 20% of schools within 2 km of Wood Street are rated Good or Outstanding by Ofsted. The Schools section lists individual schools with inspection ratings.
- How long is the commute from Wood Street?
- Public-transport commute time from Wood Street to central London is approximately 6 minutes. The Transport section has commute times to every major UK city hub.
- How is Wood Street different from the rest of Waltham Forest?
- Wood Street contains 6 sub-areas. The "Sub-areas" section below lets you drill into each one individually — they often vary by 20%+ on rent and demographics within the same neighbourhood.
- Where does Wood Street rank in Waltham Forest?
- Wood Street scores 28/100 on our composite liveability index. To see how it stacks up against every other neighbourhood in Waltham Forest, see the Cities table on the Waltham Forest page.