Total Crime Rate
96.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
29.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Avon Road area has the 38th highest crime rate of 78 local areas in Hoe Street , and the 285th 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 Avon Road (E17 3RB) in the last 12 months was 96.1 per 1,000 residents and was 17.1% lower than the Hoe Street average (115.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Theft from the person ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 12 (≈ 29.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -14.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -22.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Avon Road (E17 3RB), the main crime hotspot is near Hylands Road. Police recorded 85 crimes here, including 43 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Upper Walthamstow| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hylands Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Waverley Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hylands Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hylands Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Hylands Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Hylands Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hylands Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fernhill Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Fernhill Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hylands Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hylands Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hylands Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bistern Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Bistern Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Greenway Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Waverley Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hillside Gardens | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Forest Rise | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Waverley Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hylands Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Fyfield Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Winsbeach | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hylands Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hylands Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | The Risings | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hylands Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Avon Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Radbourne Crescent | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Radbourne Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Greenway Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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