Total Crime Rate
140.1 per 1,000
All offences Β· May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
40.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Billet Road area has the 19th highest crime rate of 91 local areas in Chapel End , and the 170th 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 Billet Road (E17 5DS) in the last 12 months was 140.1 per 1,000 residents and was 46.9% 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 19 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -42.9% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 19 (β 40.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 26.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -2.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Billet Road (E17 5DS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Thorpe Crescent, where police recorded 34 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Ardleigh Road (14 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Higham Hill| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Thorpe Crescent | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Beaumans Drive | β |
| 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 | Stow Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Ascham End | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Thorpe Crescent | β |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Millfield Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Guildsway | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bosworth Close | β |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Ardleigh Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Broughton Place | β |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Ardleigh Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Thornbury Way | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Thornbury Way | β |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Thorpe Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| 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 | Anti-social behaviour | Thorpe Crescent | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Thorpe Crescent | β |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Broughton Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Millfield Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Lyne Crescent | β |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kelmscott Close | Further investigation is not in the public interest |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Heron Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Billet Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Lyne Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lyne Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lyne Crescent | Under investigation |
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