Total Crime Rate
167.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
86.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Bridge End area has the 10th highest crime rate of 91 local areas in Chapel End , and the 119th highest crime rate of 687 local areas in Waltham Forest .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Bridge End (E17 4ER) in the last 12 months was 167.5 per 1,000 residents and was 75.5% higher than the Chapel End average (95.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 26 offences recorded. The least common crime was Shoplifting with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -40.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 35 (≈ 86.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -2.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 4.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Bridge End (E17 4ER), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Queenswood Avenue, where police recorded 46 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Evanston Avenue (35 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Chapel End| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Swanage Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Queenswood Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Fulbourne Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Wadham Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fulbourne Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Fulbourne Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fulbourne Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fulbourne Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Queenswood Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Northbank Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Spencer Road | — |
| 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 |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Macdonald Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Swanage Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Woodend Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Bridge End | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Northbank Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Northbank Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Cobham Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Northbank Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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