Total Crime Rate
8.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
2.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026North Countess Road area has the lowest crime rate of 91 local areas in Chapel End , and the 6th lowest crime rate of 687 local areas in Waltham Forest .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around North Countess Road (E17 5HT) in the last 12 months was 8.6 per 1,000 residents and was 91.0% lower than the Chapel End average (95.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 1 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 1 (≈ 2.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -50.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -93.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around North Countess Road (E17 5HT), 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 Chapel End| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Thorpe Crescent | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Thorpe Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sherwood Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wigton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | North Countess Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Beaumans Drive | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Headway Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Phoenix Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Thorpe Crescent | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Thorpe Crescent | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Thorpe Crescent | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Thorpe Crescent | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Thorpe Crescent | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Thorpe Crescent | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Thornbury Way | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Sherwood Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Thornbury Way | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Pennant Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Elphinstone Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Ardleigh Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fleeming Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Fleeming Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Ardleigh Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Rushbrook Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rushbrook Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Douglas Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Carr Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Monoux Grove | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Douglas Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Sherwood Close | Under investigation |
StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right.