Total Crime Rate
102.9 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Sturge Avenue area has the 30th highest crime rate of 93 local areas in Chapel End , and the 269th 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 Sturge Avenue (E17 4LE) in the last 12 months was 102.9 per 1,000 residents and was 2.9% higher than the Chapel End average (100.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 25 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , down -75.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 150.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -87.5% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 31 (≈ 57.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 6.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 9.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Sturge Avenue (E17 4LE), the main crime hotspot is near Further/Higher Educational Building. Police recorded 78 crimes here, including 53 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Chapel End| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Petrol Station | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Brookscroft Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Northbank Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Thorpe Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | St John'S Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | St John'S Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | St John'S Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | St John'S Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | St John'S Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Brookscroft Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Brookscroft Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Brookscroft Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Northbank Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Brookscroft Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Kingsley Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Kingsley Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Clifford Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Petrol Station | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Petrol Station | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Sturge Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Sturge Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Spruce Hills Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Spruce Hills Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Spruce Hills Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Northbank Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Spruce Hills Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Northbank Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Blackberry Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
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