Total Crime Rate

27.0 per 1,000 3/10 · Low

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

20.3 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 27.0 3/10
  • Violent crimes 20.3 4/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 18.0 4/10
  • Vehicle crime 4.5 4/10
  • Other theft 2.3 1/10
  • Public order 2.3 1/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • 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
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Brookdale Road area has the 10th lowest crime rate of 91 local areas in Chapel End , and the 74th 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 Brookdale Road (E17 6QL) in the last 12 months was 27.0 per 1,000 residents and was 71.7% 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 Other theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 9 (≈ 20.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -84.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Brookdale Road (E17 6QL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 83 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Hatherley Mews (25 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Brookdale Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Parking Area —
Apr 2026Drugs Richards Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Hawthorne Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Gaywood Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Gaywood Road —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Gaywood Road —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Richards Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Richards Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Richards Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Parking Area —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Tower Hamlets Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Hatherley Mews Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Hatherley Mews Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Hatherley Mews —
Apr 2026Robbery Cleveland Park Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Possession of weapons Cleveland Park Avenue Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Cleveland Park Avenue —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Pearl Road —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Boleyn Court Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Hawthorne Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Holmes Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Boleyn Court —
Apr 2026Other theft Gillards Mews Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Parking Area —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Parking Area —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Park/Open Space —
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Forest Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Burglary Forest Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Winns Terrace Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order Gillards Mews Under investigation

Data Sources

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