Total Crime Rate
140.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
40.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Pearl Road area has the 24th highest crime rate of 88 local areas in High Street , and the 172nd 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 Pearl Road (E17 4QY) in the last 12 months was 140.0 per 1,000 residents and was 35.7% lower than the High Street average (217.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 2 cases , down -33.3% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Theft from the person ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -37.5% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 16 (≈ 40.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -20.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 36.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Pearl Road (E17 4QY), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 83 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Hatherley Mews (25 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 | Vehicle crime | Winns Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Richards Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Hawthorne Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Gaywood Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Gaywood Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Gaywood Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Richards Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Richards Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Richards Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Richards Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Hatherley Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hatherley Mews | — |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Cleveland Park Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Cleveland Park Avenue | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cleveland Park Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Pearl Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Boleyn Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Boleyn Court | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hawthorne Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Boleyn Court | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Gillards Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Diana Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Diana Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Brookdale Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Brookdale Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Badlis Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Mersey Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Mersey Road | Awaiting court outcome |
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