Total Crime Rate
362.1 per 1,000
All offences Β· May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
127.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Thornbury Way area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 91 local areas in Chapel End , and the 35th highest crime rate of 687 local areas in Waltham Forest .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Thornbury Way (E17 5FS) in the last 12 months was 362.1 per 1,000 residents and was 279.5% higher than the Chapel End average (95.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this areaβs most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 19 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 2 cases , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Theft from the person ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 37 (β 127.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -5.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -74.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Thornbury Way (E17 5FS), 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 Higham Hill| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Ardleigh Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Lyne Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Thorpe Crescent | β |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Walthamstow Avenue (North Circular Road) | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Douglas Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Thorpe Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lyne Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lyne Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Beaumans Drive | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Monoux Grove | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Lyne Crescent | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Thorpe Crescent | β |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Billet Road | 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 | Anti-social behaviour | Thorpe Crescent | β |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | North Countess Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Walthamstow Avenue (North Circular Road) | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wigton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Broughton Place | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Thornbury Way | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Thornbury Way | β |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Ardleigh Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Douglas Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Thorpe Crescent | β |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rushbrook Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Broughton Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Rushbrook Crescent | Under investigation |
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