Total Crime Rate
118.8 per 1,000
All offences Β· May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
31.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Ardleigh Terrace area has the 29th highest crime rate of 91 local areas in Chapel End , and the 220th 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 Ardleigh Terrace (E17 5BT) in the last 12 months was 118.8 per 1,000 residents and was 24.5% higher than the Chapel End average (95.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this areaβs most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 2 cases , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 10 (β 31.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 13.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Ardleigh Terrace (E17 5BT), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Thorpe Crescent, where police recorded 34 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Waltham Park (16 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Chapel End| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Ardleigh Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Thorpe Crescent | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Beaumans Drive | β |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lyne Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Phoenix Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lyne Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Lyne Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Lyne Crescent | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Thorpe Crescent | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Thorpe Crescent | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Thorpe Crescent | β |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fleeming Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Thorpe Crescent | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Thorpe Crescent | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Thorpe Crescent | β |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Thorpe Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kelmscott Close | Further investigation is not in the public interest |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Elphinstone Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Carr Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Pennant Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Thornbury Way | β |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Ardleigh Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Thornbury Way | β |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Broughton Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Broughton Place | β |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Rushbrook Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wigton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | North Countess Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Fleeming Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Headway Gardens | β |
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