Total Crime Rate
45.1 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Queensland Close area has the 24th lowest crime rate of 92 local areas in High Street , and the 173rd lowest crime rate of 704 local areas in Waltham Forest .
At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Queensland Close (E17 5YH) in the last 12 months was 45.1 per 1,000 residents and was 79.1% lower than the High Street average (216.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 14 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 180.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.
Violent crimes totalled 14 (≈ 21.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 100.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 15.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Queensland Close (E17 5YH), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Warwick Road, where police recorded 32 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Wigton Road (11 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 | Burglary | Lyne Crescent | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lisbon Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Heron Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Warwick Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Elphinstone Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Thorpe Crescent | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Thorpe Crescent | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Warwick Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Fleeming Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Ardleigh Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Fleeming Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Eastleigh Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Keith Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Williams Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Williams Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Priors Croft | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Sherwood Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Rushbrook Crescent | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Rodney Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Elphinstone Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Carr Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Bemsted Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Warwick Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Ardleigh Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ardleigh Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Rodney Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Ardleigh Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Darndale Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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