Total Crime Rate
129.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
40.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Hamilton Road area has the 23rd highest crime rate of 91 local areas in Chapel End , and the 196th highest crime rate of 687 local areas in Waltham Forest .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Hamilton Road (E17 6EH) in the last 12 months was 129.0 per 1,000 residents and was 35.2% higher 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 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -25.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 15 (≈ 40.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -11.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -28.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Hamilton Road (E17 6EH), the main crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 42 crimes here, including 16 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Higham Hill| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bramley Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Green Pond Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Stirling Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Windsor Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hillyfield | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hillyfield | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Church Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Oatland Rise | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Oatland Rise | — |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Oatland Rise | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Priors Croft | 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 | Other crime | Green Pond Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Green Pond Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Higham Hill Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Queen Elizabeth Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Luton Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bramley Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Luton Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Luton Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Chamberlain Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chamberlain Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chamberlain Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Bramley Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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