Total Crime Rate
93.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
13.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Cazenove Road area has the 33rd highest crime rate of 91 local areas in Chapel End , and the 295th 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 Cazenove Road (E17 4NP) in the last 12 months was 93.3 per 1,000 residents and was 2.3% lower than the Chapel End average (95.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 15 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -90.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 5 (≈ 13.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -28.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 45.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Cazenove Road (E17 4NP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Ruscus Road, where police recorded 57 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Evesham Avenue (15 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Cecil Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Cazenove Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Beresford Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Knebworth Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Further/Higher Educational Building | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Further/Higher Educational Building | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Knebworth Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ruscus Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ruscus Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Ruscus Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Ruscus Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Grove End | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Chingford Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Aveling Park Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Chingford Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Chester Mews | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Penrhyn Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Penrhyn Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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