Total Crime Rate
162.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
43.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Mitre Avenue area has the 14th highest crime rate of 91 local areas in Chapel End , and the 129th 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 Mitre Avenue (E17 6QG) in the last 12 months was 162.7 per 1,000 residents and was 70.5% higher than the Chapel End average (95.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 20 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 133.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 20 (≈ 43.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 27.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Mitre Avenue (E17 6QG), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Gillards Way, where police recorded 237 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Eastfield Road (46 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 | Criminal damage and arson | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Gillards Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Greenleaf Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Greenleaf Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Greenleaf Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Greenleaf Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Tower Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Tower Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tower Hamlets Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hawthorne Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Westbury Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Gillards Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Gillards Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Gillards Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Tower Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Gillards Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Gillards Way | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Gillards Way | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Gillards Way | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Gillards Way | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Gillards Way | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Gillards Way | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Gillards Way | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Gillards Way | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Gillards Way | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Gillards Way | — |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Tower Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Tower Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Walthamstow Bus Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cottenham Road | — |
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