Total Crime Rate

64.7 per 1,000 6/10 · Average

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

29.7 per 1,000 6/10 · Average

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 64.7 6/10
  • Violent crimes 29.7 6/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 21.6 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 13.5 9/10
  • Theft from the person 10.8 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 5.4 4/10
  • Other theft 5.4 5/10
  • Public order 5.4 5/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.7 2/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Burchell Road area has the 39th lowest crime rate of 92 local areas in Forest , and the 289th lowest crime rate of 687 local areas in Waltham Forest .

This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Burchell Road (E10 5AZ) in the last 12 months was 64.7 per 1,000 residents and was 34.8% lower than the Forest average (99.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 8 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 11 (≈ 29.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -48.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Burchell Road (E10 5AZ), the main crime hotspot is near Primrose Road. Police recorded 54 crimes here, including 23 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Burchell Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Drugs Shortlands Road Local resolution
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Primrose Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Theft from the person Byron Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Possession of weapons Burchell Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Burchell Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Possession of weapons Bickley Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Clyde Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Primrose Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Primrose Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Byron Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Primrose Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Primrose Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Possession of weapons Primrose Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Bickley Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Primrose Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Primrose Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Byron Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Kings Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Bickley Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Crawley Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Melbourne Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Melbourne Road
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Whitney Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Whitney Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Bickley Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Brewster Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Theft from the person Crawley Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Burglary Grange Park Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Crawley Road
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Farmer Road Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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