Total Crime Rate
124.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
41.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Milton Road 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 Milton Road (E17 4SP) 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 Milton Road (E17 4SP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Bus/Coach Station, where police recorded 144 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 Hoe Street| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Bus/Coach Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Stainforth Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Stainforth Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Bus/Coach Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Bus/Coach Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | West Avenue Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hoe Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | West Avenue Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Boleyn Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Boleyn Court | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | St Mary Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | St Mary Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Boleyn Court | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Boleyn Court | — |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Tower Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Stainforth Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Hoe Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bus/Coach Station | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Walthamstow Bus Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Cleveland Park Avenue | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Cleveland Park Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Tower Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Tower Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Walthamstow Bus Station | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Walthamstow Bus Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Walthamstow Bus Station | Under investigation |
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