Total Crime Rate
178.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
75.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Northbank Road area has the 8th highest crime rate of 91 local areas in Chapel End , and the 105th 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 Northbank Road (E17 4JZ) in the last 12 months was 178.6 per 1,000 residents and was 87.2% 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 20 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Theft from the person ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -20.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 21 (≈ 75.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 5.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 40.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Northbank Road (E17 4JZ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Siddeley Road, where police recorded 52 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Queenswood Avenue (26 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 | Warburton Terrace | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fulbourne Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Warburton Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Spencer Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Sturge Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Queenswood Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Queenswood Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Siddeley Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Hawker Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Siddeley Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Siddeley Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | St John'S Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | St John'S Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Warburton Terrace | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Thorpe Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fulbourne Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Siddeley Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Fulbourne Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Siddeley Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Chaucer Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Kingsley Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Northbank Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Northbank 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 | Vehicle crime | Northbank Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Northbank Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Siddeley Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Petrol Station | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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