Total Crime Rate
24.8 per 1,000
All offences Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Ashburn Villas area has the 6th lowest crime rate of 93 local areas in Chapel End , and the 63rd lowest crime rate of 704 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 Ashburn Villas (E17 6QJ) in the last 12 months was 24.8 per 1,000 residents and was 75.2% lower than the Chapel End average (100.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this areaβs most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 8 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.
Violent crimes totalled 10 (β 22.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 100.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -86.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Ashburn Villas (E17 6QJ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Gillards Way, where police recorded 243 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Parking Area (29 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Gillards Way | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Gillards Way | β |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Gillards Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Brookdale Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Gillards Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Richards Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Gillards Way | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Gillards Way | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Gillards Way | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Gillards Way | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Gillards Way | β |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Gillards Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Gillards Way | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Gillards Way | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Gillards Way | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Gillards Way | β |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Hawthorne Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Hatherley Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Hatherley Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Hawthorne Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Cleveland Park Avenue | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Ruby Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Gillards Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Greenleaf Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Forest Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Mersey Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Mersey Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Cleveland Park Avenue | β |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Cleveland Park Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Milton Road | Under investigation |
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