Total Crime Rate
181.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
79.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Cairo Road area has the 14th highest crime rate of 78 local areas in Hoe Street , and the 102nd highest crime rate of 687 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 Cairo Road (E17 3AE) in the last 12 months was 181.8 per 1,000 residents and was 56.9% higher than the Hoe Street average (115.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -60.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 14 (≈ 79.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -36.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -19.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Cairo Road (E17 3AE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Hoe Street, where police recorded 184 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Eastfield Road (46 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Hoe Street| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Rectory Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Stainforth Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Hurst Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Hurst Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hurst Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Falmer Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Falmer Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | West Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | St Mary Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | St Mary Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | West Avenue Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | West Avenue Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Stainforth Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Stainforth Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Hurst Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Hoe Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Hoe Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hoe Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Hoe Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hoe Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Tower Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Tower Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Tower Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Tower Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Tower Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Tower Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Hurst Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hurst Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Tower Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Hawthorne Road | Under investigation |
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