Total Crime Rate
34.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
14.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Stirling Road area has the 15th lowest crime rate of 88 local areas in High Street , and the 106th 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 Stirling Road (E17 6BS) in the last 12 months was 34.3 per 1,000 residents and was 84.3% lower than the High Street average (217.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 40.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 7 (≈ 14.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 40.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -61.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Stirling Road (E17 6BS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Hooker'S Road, where police recorded 34 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Wigmore Place (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 | Violence and sexual offences | Wigmore Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hooker'S Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hillyfield | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Wigmore Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Farnborough Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Church Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Clarence Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Theatre/Concert Hall | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Oatland Rise | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Oatland Rise | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Wigmore Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hooker'S Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hooker'S Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hooker'S Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hamilton Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hooker'S Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Oatland Rise | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Oatland Rise | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sutherland Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Sutherland Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Blackhorse Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Queen Elizabeth Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sutherland Road Path | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sutherland Road Path | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Higham Hill Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Theatre/Concert Hall | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hillyfield | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Theatre/Concert Hall | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Stirling Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bramley Close | Under investigation |
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