Total Crime Rate
38.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
15.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Priors Croft area has the 22nd lowest crime rate of 91 local areas in Chapel End , and the 136th 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 Priors Croft (E17 5NJ) in the last 12 months was 38.6 per 1,000 residents and was 59.6% lower than the Chapel End average (95.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 5 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -16.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 6 (≈ 15.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -50.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Priors Croft (E17 5NJ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Luton Road, where police recorded 30 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Phoenix Close (10 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 | Other theft | Rodney Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Millfield Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Luton Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Manor Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bosworth Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Mount Pleasant Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Fairfield Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Guildsway | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Green Pond Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Windsor Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Millfield Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Sherwood Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Heron Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Green Pond Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Green Pond Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Green Pond Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Green Pond Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Green Pond Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Green Pond Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Sherwood Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sherwood Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kelmscott Close | Further investigation is not in the public interest |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Luton Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Manor Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Manor Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lyne Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Oakfield Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Eastleigh Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Eastleigh Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Bramley Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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