Total Crime Rate
194.0 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Kitchener Road area has the 8th highest crime rate of 93 local areas in Chapel End , and the 93rd highest crime rate of 704 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 Kitchener Road (E17 4LJ) in the last 12 months was 194.0 per 1,000 residents and was 94.0% higher than the Chapel End average (100.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Bicycle theft with 27 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 140.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Theft from the person ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 9 (≈ 26.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 12.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 4.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Kitchener Road (E17 4LJ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Brookscroft Road, where police recorded 37 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Roberts Road (12 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Cheshire Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Roberts Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Roberts Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Roberts Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Roberts Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Roberts Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Kitchener Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Kitchener Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Cheshire Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Cheshire Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Cheshire Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cheshire Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Grove Park Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Brookscroft Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Brookscroft Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Brookscroft Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Brookscroft Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Chingford Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Brookscroft Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | A112 | Further investigation is not in the public interest |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Penrhyn Crescent | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| 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 | Other theft | Wadham Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Roberts Road | Under investigation |
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