Total Crime Rate
63.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
18.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Gainsford Road area has the 41st lowest crime rate of 91 local areas in Chapel End , and the 281st 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 Gainsford Road (E17 6QB) in the last 12 months was 63.2 per 1,000 residents and was 33.8% lower 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 8 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Theft from the person ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -75.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 18.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 11.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 24.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Gainsford Road (E17 6QB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 119 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Russell Road (26 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 | Drugs | Elmsdale Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Canning Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Wolsey Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Petrol Station | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Wolsey Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Limewood Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Wolsey Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Wolsey Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Melville Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Walpole Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Osborne Mews | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Walpole Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Walpole Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Walpole Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Walpole Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Cottenham Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cottenham Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Wolsey Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | High Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Russell Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Storey Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | High Street | Under investigation |
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