Total Crime Rate

177.0 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 177.0 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 67.4 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 33.7 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 25.3 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 11.2 7/10
  • Drugs 11.2 9/10
  • Other theft 11.2 8/10
  • Public order 8.4 7/10
  • Theft from the person 5.6 7/10
  • Burglary 2.8 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Cookes Close area has the 17th highest crime rate of 78 local areas in Cann Hall , and the 115th highest crime rate of 704 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 Cookes Close (E11 3EF) in the last 12 months was 177.0 per 1,000 residents and was 85.1% higher than the Cann Hall average (95.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 24 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Theft from the person ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 27 (≈ 75.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 17.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has flat ( -1.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Cookes Close (E11 3EF), the highest concentration of overall crime is near High Road Leytonstone, where police recorded 95 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Montague Road (23 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

Crime Over Time in Cookes Close area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other theft Lister Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Newcomen Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cobden Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cobden Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Cobden Road —
Sep 2025Other crime Newcomen Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Newcomen Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Supermarket —
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Cookes Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cobden Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cookes Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Joseph Ray Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Joseph Ray Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Joseph Ray Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Joseph Ray Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary Joseph Ray Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Montague Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences High Road Leytonstone Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft High Road Leytonstone Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cobden Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Robinson Close —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour High Road Leytonstone —
Sep 2025Other theft Lancaster Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cecil Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cecil Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cecil Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Cecil Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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