Total Crime Rate
127.0 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Vicarage Road area has the 27th highest crime rate of 95 local areas in Forest , and the 203rd highest crime rate of 704 local areas in Waltham Forest .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Vicarage Road (E10 5EQ) in the last 12 months was 127.0 per 1,000 residents and was 30.8% higher than the Forest average (97.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 16 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -71.4% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 31.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 11.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 4.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Vicarage Road (E10 5EQ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Primrose Road, where police recorded 43 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Burchell Road (14 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Vicarage Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Sophia Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Burchell Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Burchell Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Crawley Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Whitney Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Whitney Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Crescent Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Whitney Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Whitney Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Farmer Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Tennyson Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Tennyson Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Tennyson Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Ambleside Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Grange Park Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Vicarage Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Sophia Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Grange Park Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Grange Park Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Ambleside Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Dene Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Ambleside Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ambleside Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Goldsmith Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Goldsmith Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Campion Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Campion Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Campion Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Campion Road | — |
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