Total Crime Rate

46.5 per 1,000 5/10 · Average

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

17.4 per 1,000 4/10 · Low

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 46.5 5/10
  • Violent crimes 17.4 4/10
  • Theft from the person 14.5 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 8.7 2/10
  • Robbery 5.8 7/10
  • Shoplifting 5.8 4/10
  • Vehicle crime 5.8 5/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 2.9 1/10
  • Public order 2.9 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Tavistock Avenue area has the 25th lowest crime rate of 88 local areas in High Street , and the 186th 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 Tavistock Avenue (E17 6HR) in the last 12 months was 46.5 per 1,000 residents and was 78.6% lower than the High Street average (217.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Theft from the person with 5 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Theft from the person ( 150.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -57.1% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 6 (≈ 17.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -45.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -16.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Tavistock Avenue (E17 6HR), the main crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 144 crimes here, including 25 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Tavistock Avenue area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Chamberlain Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Bristol Park Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Essex Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Vehicle crime St Andrews Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Pembar Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Stirling Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Stirling Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Hillyfield Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Hillyfield Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Farnborough Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Orchard Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Orchard Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Stoneydown Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Bristol Park Road
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Bristol Park Road
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Chatham Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Wigmore Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Queen Elizabeth Road
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Chamberlain Place
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Chamberlain Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Wellington Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Local resolution
Apr 2026Public order Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Bicycle theft Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Hooker'S Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Hooker'S Road
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Hooker'S Road

Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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