Total Crime Rate
18.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
3.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Buttermere 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.
View Crime In Cann Hall| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Brierley Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Steele Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Newton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Leytonstone Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | North Birkbeck Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | North Birkbeck Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | North Birkbeck Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Brierley Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Brierley Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Brierley Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Brierley Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Bond Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | North Birkbeck Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Borthwick Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Hall Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Thorne Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Borthwick Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Eve Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Belton Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Thorne Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | High Road Leytonstone | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | High Road Leytonstone | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Thorne Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Gilbert Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | North Birkbeck Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | North Birkbeck Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Amethyst Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Colegrave Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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