Total Crime Rate

69.5 per 1,000 6/10 · Typical

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 69.5 6/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 44.7 8/10
  • Bicycle theft 5.0 7/10
  • Other theft 5.0 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 5.0 5/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 2.5 1/10
  • Burglary 2.5 1/10
  • Drugs 2.5 1/10
  • Public order 2.5 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Chaucer Road area has the 45th lowest crime rate of 93 local areas in Chapel End , and the 303rd lowest crime rate of 704 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 Chaucer Road (E17 4BE) in the last 12 months was 69.5 per 1,000 residents and was 30.5% lower than the Chapel End average (100.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 18 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 19 (≈ 47.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -5.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -33.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Chaucer Road (E17 4BE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Northbank Road, where police recorded 43 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Queenswood Avenue (19 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

Crime Over Time in Chaucer Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Public order Guildford Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Hawker Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Northbank Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Siddeley Road —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Siddeley Road —
Sep 2025Burglary Starley Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Hawker Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Hawker Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hawker Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Northbank Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other crime Bridge End Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Railway Terrace Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Garner Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Garner Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Kingsley Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Kingsley Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Northbank Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Siddeley Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Northbank Road —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Queenswood Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Hale End Road —
Sep 2025Theft from the person Fulbourne Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Macdonald Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Thorpe Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other crime Guildford Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Guildford Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Guildford Road —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Chaucer Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Siddeley Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Chaucer Road Under investigation

Data Sources

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