Total Crime Rate

194.0 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 194.0 9/10
  • Bicycle theft 80.6 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 35.8 10/10
  • Other theft 32.8 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 17.9 4/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 6.0 5/10
  • Drugs 6.0 6/10
  • Public order 6.0 5/10
  • Burglary 3.0 2/10
  • Robbery 3.0 3/10
  • Theft from the person 3.0 3/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Kitchener 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.

Crime Over Time in Kitchener Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Public order Cheshire Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Roberts Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Roberts Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Roberts Road
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Roberts Road
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Roberts Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Kitchener Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Kitchener Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Cheshire Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Cheshire Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Cheshire Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cheshire Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Grove Park Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Brookscroft Road
Sep 2025Drugs Brookscroft Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Brookscroft Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Brookscroft Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Chingford Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Brookscroft Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs A112 Further investigation is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Penrhyn Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Sturge Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Sturge Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Wadham Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Roberts Road Under investigation

Data Sources

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