Total Crime Rate
167.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
36.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Hoe Street area has the 11th highest crime rate of 91 local areas in Chapel End , and the 120th highest crime rate of 687 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 Hoe Street (E17 4PG) in the last 12 months was 167.3 per 1,000 residents and was 75.3% higher 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 44 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 16.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -62.5% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 20 (≈ 36.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 11.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -37.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Hoe Street (E17 4PG), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Forest Road, where police recorded 128 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Eastfield Road (46 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In William Morris| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Cleveland Park Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Brookdale Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Eastfield Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Boleyn Court | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Boleyn Court | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Boleyn Court | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Boleyn Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Hawthorne Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hawthorne Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Falmer Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Falmer Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Pearl Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Brookdale Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Eastfield Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Cleveland Park Avenue | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Badlis Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cleveland Park Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Dudley Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kenilworth Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Winns Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Forest Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Forest Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Park/Open Space | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Forest Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Forest Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bromley Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Eastfield Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Eastfield Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Richards Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Cleveland Park Avenue | Awaiting court outcome |
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