Total Crime Rate
56.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
14.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Clifton Avenue area has the 36th lowest crime rate of 88 local areas in High Street , and the 247th lowest crime rate of 687 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 Clifton Avenue (E17 6HL) in the last 12 months was 56.7 per 1,000 residents and was 73.9% 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 4 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 4 (≈ 14.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 33.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -50.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Clifton Avenue (E17 6HL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 152 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Blackhorse Road (37 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In William Morris| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Blackhorse Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chewton Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Champness Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Champness Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Champness Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Champness Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Champness Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Champness Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Champness Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Orchard Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Orchard Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Farnborough Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Stirling Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Stoneydown Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Stirling Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Longfield Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Longfield Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Pembar Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Essex Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Essex Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wigmore Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Wigmore Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Wigmore Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Blackhorse Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Blackhorse Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Champness Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bristol Park Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Sutherland Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Blackhorse Road | — |
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