Total Crime Rate

102.0 per 1,000 8/10 · High

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 102.0 8/10
  • Drugs 33.2 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 30.6 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 17.9 4/10
  • Burglary 5.1 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 5.1 4/10
  • Other crime 5.1 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 2.6 1/10
  • Other theft 2.6 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 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
  • 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

Beacontree Avenue area has the 32nd highest crime rate of 93 local areas in Chapel End , and the 271st highest crime rate of 704 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 Beacontree Avenue (E17 4BT) in the last 12 months was 102.0 per 1,000 residents and was 2.0% higher 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 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , down -88.9% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 333.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -88.9% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 7 (≈ 17.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -12.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 4.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Beacontree Avenue (E17 4BT), 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.

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Crime Over Time in Beacontree Avenue area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Fernhill Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hylands Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Ulverston Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Hillcrest Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Hillcrest Road —
Sep 2025Drugs Hempstead Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hempstead Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Belle Vue Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Belle Vue Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Fernhill Court Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Carnanton Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Fernhill Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Hillside Gardens —
Sep 2025Public order Hillside Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Hillside Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Fernhill Court —
Sep 2025Drugs Tristram Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hylands Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hylands Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Ulverston Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Beacontree Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Hylands Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Woodstock Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Hylands Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Hylands Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Woodstock Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Woodstock Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Woodstock Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Hylands Road —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Hylands Road —

Data Sources

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