Total Crime Rate

106.5 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

41.9 per 1,000 7/10 · High

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 106.5 8/10
  • Violent crimes 41.9 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 38.7 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 32.3 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 12.9 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.2 2/10
  • Drugs 3.2 3/10
  • Other theft 3.2 2/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.2 4/10
  • Public order 3.2 2/10
  • Robbery 3.2 4/10
  • Theft from the person 3.2 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

Century Road area has the 35th highest crime rate of 88 local areas in High Street , and the 258th highest crime rate of 687 local areas in Waltham Forest .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Century Road (E17 6JA) in the last 12 months was 106.5 per 1,000 residents and was 51.1% lower than the High Street average (217.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 13 (≈ 41.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 62.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -68.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Century Road (E17 6JA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Essex Close, where police recorded 33 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.

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Crime Over Time in Century Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Luton Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Pretoria 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 Chatham Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Green Pond Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Orchard Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Orchard Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Fairfield Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Renness Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Stoneydown Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Wellington Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Other theft Pembar Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Chamberlain Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Chamberlain Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Chamberlain Place
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Bristol Park Road
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Bristol Park Road
Apr 2026Other theft Bristol Park Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Queen Elizabeth Road
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Suffolk Park Road
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Luton Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Canning Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Farnborough Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Essex Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Walpole Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Walpole Road
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Walpole Road
Apr 2026Bicycle theft Essex Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Wigmore Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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