Crime Rates at Melville Road, London, E17 6QT

Melville Road area has the 13th lowest crime rate of 91 local areas in Chapel End , and the 93rd 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 Melville Road (E17 6QT) in the last 12 months was 30.8 per 1,000 residents and was 67.7% 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 5 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.

Violent crimes totalled 5 (≈ 12.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -66.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Melville Road (E17 6QT), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Police Station, where police recorded 88 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.