Total Crime Rate
185.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
47.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Hawbridge Road area has the 17th highest crime rate of 92 local areas in Forest , and the 99th highest crime rate of 687 local areas in Waltham Forest .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Hawbridge Road (E11 1DH) in the last 12 months was 185.3 per 1,000 residents and was 86.9% higher than the Forest average (99.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 17 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -45.5% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 16 (≈ 47.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 6.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 49.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Hawbridge Road (E11 1DH), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Hainault Road, where police recorded 44 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Boscombe Avenue (18 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Leytonstone| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Clarendon Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bulwer Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cavendish Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bulwer Court Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Hainault Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bulwer Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bulwer Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bulwer Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bulwer Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Clarendon Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Forest Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hainault Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Hainault Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Southwest Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Scarborough Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Scarborough Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Scarborough Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Scarborough Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Scarborough Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Forest Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Essex Road South | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Forest Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Midland Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Jersey Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Norlington Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Norlington Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Norlington Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pretoria Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Forest Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Moyers Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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