Total Crime Rate

45.5 per 1,000 5/10 · 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 45.5 5/10
  • Drugs 9.7 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 6.5 5/10
  • Other theft 6.5 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 6.5 6/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 6.5 2/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 3.3 2/10
  • Burglary 3.3 3/10
  • Theft from the person 3.3 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

Woodstock Road area has the 23rd lowest crime rate of 93 local areas in Chapel End , and the 174th 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 Woodstock Road (E17 4BJ) in the last 12 months was 45.5 per 1,000 residents and was 54.6% lower than the Chapel End average (100.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Drugs with 3 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 2 (≈ 6.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 9.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Woodstock Road (E17 4BJ), the main crime hotspot is near Hylands Road. Police recorded 67 crimes here, including 41 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

Crime Over Time in Woodstock Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Macdonald Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hylands Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Hylands Road —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Hylands Road —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Hylands Road —
Sep 2025Public order Hylands Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Hylands Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Hylands Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hylands Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hylands Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Hillcrest Road —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Beacontree Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Hale End Road —
Sep 2025Burglary Starley Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Carnanton Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Grantock Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Grantock Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Woodstock Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Woodstock Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Hillcrest Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Fernhill Court Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Woodstock Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Hempstead Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Wigram Square Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wigram Square Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wigram Square Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Radbourne Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Winsbeach Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Ulverston Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Ulverston Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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