Total Crime Rate
341.8 per 1,000
All offences Β· May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
50.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Marlowe Road area has the 5th highest crime rate of 78 local areas in Hoe Street , and the 36th 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 Marlowe Road (E17 3HQ) in the last 12 months was 341.8 per 1,000 residents and was 194.9% higher than the Hoe Street average (115.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this areaβs most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 16 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 200.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 4 (β 50.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 33.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -27.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Marlowe Road (E17 3HQ), the main crime hotspot is near Albion Road. Police recorded 96 crimes here, including 44 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Wood Street| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Marlowe Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Stocksfield Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Marlowe Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Prospect Hill | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Prospect Hill | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Prospect Hill | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Marlowe Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Marlowe Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Marlowe Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Stocksfield Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Stocksfield Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Stocksfield Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Marlowe Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Linford Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Cuthbert Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Albion Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Albion Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Albion Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Albion Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Albion Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Albion Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Lupin Mews | Offender given penalty notice |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Parkstone Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Marlowe Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Browning Close | β |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Parkstone Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Burns Close | β |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Blackberry Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Blackberry Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Blackberry Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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