Total Crime Rate
129.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
31.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Hale End Road area has the 22nd highest crime rate of 91 local areas in Chapel End , and the 193rd 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 Hale End Road (E17 4DP) in the last 12 months was 129.8 per 1,000 residents and was 36.0% higher 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 15 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 150.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -31.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 14 (≈ 31.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -26.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -27.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Hale End Road (E17 4DP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near The Hale, where police recorded 25 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Chaucer Road (14 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Upper Walthamstow| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Ulverston Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Macdonald Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Macdonald Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Chaucer Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Heathcroft Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hale End Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | The Hale | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | The Hale | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | The Hale | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | The Hale | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Ulverston Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Ulverston Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Cobham Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Macdonald Road | Under investigation |
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