Total Crime Rate

18.5 per 1,000 2/10 · Very Low

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

3.7 per 1,000 1/10 · Very Low

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 18.5 2/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 7.4 6/10
  • Violent crimes 3.7 1/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 3.7 2/10
  • Drugs 3.7 4/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 3.7 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 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

Buttermere Close area has the 2nd lowest crime rate of 76 local areas in Cann Hall , and the 32nd 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 Buttermere Close (E15 2DN) in the last 12 months was 18.5 per 1,000 residents and was 80.8% lower than the Cann Hall average (96.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Criminal damage and arson with 2 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. Overall, crime levels by type were broadly flat compared to 2025, with no category showing a clear year-on-year rise or fall.

Violent crimes totalled 1 (≈ 3.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -7.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Buttermere Close (E15 2DN), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Birch Grove, where police recorded 42 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near North Birkbeck Road (24 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Buttermere Close area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Brierley Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Steele Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Newton Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Leytonstone Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson North Birkbeck Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson North Birkbeck Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson North Birkbeck Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Brierley Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Brierley Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Brierley Road
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Brierley Road
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Bond Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime North Birkbeck Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Borthwick Mews Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Hall Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Thorne Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Borthwick Mews Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Theft from the person Eve Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Theft from the person Belton Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Thorne Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences High Road Leytonstone Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour High Road Leytonstone
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Thorne Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Gilbert Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Vehicle crime North Birkbeck Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Petrol Station Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences North Birkbeck Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Robbery Amethyst Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Colegrave Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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