Total Crime Rate

587.8 per 1,000 10/10 · 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 587.8 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 201.0 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 96.7 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 48.4 10/10
  • Other theft 43.3 10/10
  • Public order 38.2 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 30.5 10/10
  • Burglary 28.0 10/10
  • Robbery 28.0 10/10
  • Theft from the person 28.0 10/10
  • Shoplifting 22.9 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 10.2 9/10
  • Drugs 7.6 7/10
  • Other crime 5.1 7/10
  • Possession of weapons 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

Bromley Road area has the highest crime rate of 93 local areas in Chapel End , and the 15th 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 Bromley Road (E17 4PR) in the last 12 months was 587.8 per 1,000 residents and was 487.7% higher than the Chapel End average (100.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 79 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 2 cases , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -57.1% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 64 (≈ 162.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 48.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 7.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Bromley Road (E17 4PR), the main crime hotspot is near Forest Road. Police recorded 123 crimes here, including 48 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

Crime Over Time in Bromley Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Park/Open Space
Sep 2025Drugs Falmer Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Forest Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Forest Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Forest Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Forest Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Forest Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Forest Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Forest Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Falmer Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Falmer Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Falmer Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Falmer Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Forest Road
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Falmer Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Falmer Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Forest Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Forest Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Forest Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Forest Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Kenilworth Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Hawthorne Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Hawthorne Road
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Evesham Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Aveling Park Road
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Forest Road
Sep 2025Burglary Browns Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Bromley Road
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Parking Area Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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