Total Crime Rate
45.5 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Woodstock 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.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Macdonald Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hylands Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Hylands Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Hylands Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Hylands Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Hylands Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Hylands Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Hylands Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hylands Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hylands Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Hillcrest Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Beacontree Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Hale End Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Starley Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Carnanton Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Grantock Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Grantock Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Woodstock Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Woodstock Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Hillcrest Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Fernhill Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Woodstock Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Hempstead Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Wigram Square | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wigram Square | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wigram Square | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Radbourne Crescent | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Winsbeach | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Ulverston Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Ulverston Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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