Total Crime Rate
56.6 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Priory Court area has the 37th lowest crime rate of 92 local areas in High Street , and the 245th lowest crime rate of 704 local areas in Waltham Forest .
Compared with the surrounding streets, this postcode does not stand out as either a particular hotspot or an unusually safe pocket. Crime levels in the neighbouring output areas are broadly in line with this area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Priory Court (E17 5NB) in the last 12 months was 56.6 per 1,000 residents and was 73.8% lower than the High Street average (216.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 15 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 87.5% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 4 (≈ 10.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 33.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -48.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Priory Court (E17 5NB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Warwick Road, where police recorded 32 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Mersey Road (13 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In High Street| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | South Countess Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lisbon Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Fleeming Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Fleeming Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Williams Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Elphinstone Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Mersey Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Mersey Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Thorpe Crescent | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Thorpe Crescent | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Keith Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Rodney Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Bemsted Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Rodney Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Warwick Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Warwick Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Warwick Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Priors Croft | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Darndale Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Heron Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Sherwood Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Williams Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Rushbrook Crescent | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Elphinstone Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Carr Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Holmes Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | William Morris Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Eastleigh Road | — |
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