Total Crime Rate
84.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
14.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Woodstock Road area has the 40th highest crime rate of 91 local areas in Chapel End , and the 331st 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 Woodstock Road (E17 4BH) in the last 12 months was 84.9 per 1,000 residents and was 11.0% lower than the Chapel End average (95.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 5 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -60.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 4 (≈ 14.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -55.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -57.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Woodstock Road (E17 4BH), 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 | Radbourne Crescent | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hylands Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Castleton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Hillcrest Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Hillcrest Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hillcrest Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hylands Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wigram Square | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Wigram Square | 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 | Anti-social behaviour | Hylands Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hylands Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hylands Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hylands Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hylands Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hylands Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hylands Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hylands Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Castleton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Fernhill Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Hylands Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Macdonald Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Radbourne Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hillside Gardens | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hillside Gardens | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Winsbeach | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Chaucer Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Macdonald Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Macdonald Road | Under investigation |
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