Total Crime Rate
145.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
45.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Hawker Place area has the 16th highest crime rate of 91 local areas in Chapel End , and the 153rd 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 Hawker Place (E17 4GB) in the last 12 months was 145.8 per 1,000 residents and was 52.8% 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 16 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -18.2% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 24 (≈ 45.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -7.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -54.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Hawker Place (E17 4GB), the main crime hotspot is near Albion Road. Police recorded 96 crimes here, including 44 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Chapel End| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Siddeley Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Fulbourne Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Albion Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Albion Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Albion Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Waverley Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Macdonald Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Wigram Square | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wigram Square | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Corbett Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Corbett Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Corbett Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Corbett Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Woodend Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fulbourne Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Albion Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fulbourne Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fulbourne Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Queenswood Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Queenswood Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Siddeley Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Siddeley Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Siddeley Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Siddeley Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Siddeley Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Spencer Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Hawker Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Chaucer Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Macdonald Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Albion Road | Awaiting court outcome |
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