Total Crime Rate

124.3 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

41.4 per 1,000 7/10 · High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 124.3 8/10
  • Violent crimes 41.4 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 41.4 8/10
  • Other theft 26.6 10/10
  • Theft from the person 11.8 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 11.8 8/10
  • Burglary 8.9 8/10
  • Drugs 8.9 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 5.9 3/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 5.9 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.0 3/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Hoe Street area has the 29th highest crime rate of 78 local areas in Hoe Street , and the 207th 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 4SA) in the last 12 months was 124.3 per 1,000 residents and was 7.2% higher than the Hoe Street average (115.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 14 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -60.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 14 (≈ 41.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 27.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -60.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Hoe Street (E17 4SA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Gillards Way, where police recorded 237 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.

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Crime Over Time in Hoe Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Shoplifting Tower Mews Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Theft from the person Forest Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Parking Area
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Parking Area
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Parking Area
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Boleyn Court
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Boleyn Court
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Boleyn Court
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Forest Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Boleyn Court Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary West Avenue Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour West Avenue Road
Apr 2026Shoplifting Walthamstow Central Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Theft from the person Walthamstow Central Action to be taken by another organisation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Stainforth Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Stainforth Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Parking Area
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Eastfield Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Walthamstow Bus Station Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Eastfield Road
Apr 2026Drugs Supermarket Local resolution
Apr 2026Other theft Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Theft from the person Tower Mews Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Burglary Eastfield Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Pearl Road
Apr 2026Burglary Eastfield Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Eastfield Road Offender given penalty notice

Data Sources

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