Total Crime Rate
1894.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
410.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Gillards Mews area has the highest crime rate of 88 local areas in High Street , and the 2nd 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 Gillards Mews (E17 6RB) in the last 12 months was 1894.6 per 1,000 residents and was 770.0% higher than the High Street average (217.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 219 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , down -75.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 41.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Bicycle theft ( -75.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 191 (≈ 410.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -2.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -47.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Gillards Mews (E17 6RB), the main crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 243 crimes here, including 49 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In High Street| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Tower Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Gillards Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Gillards Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Gillards Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Tower Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Tower Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| 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 | Vehicle crime | Station Approach | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Richards Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Station Approach | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Cedars Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Station Approach | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Station Approach | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Walthamstow Central | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Walthamstow Central | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Hatherley Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Hatherley Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Richards Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Richards Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Bus/Coach Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Walthamstow Bus Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Eastfield Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Eastfield Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Eastfield Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Tower Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Walthamstow Bus Station | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Walthamstow Bus Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Walthamstow Bus Station | Under investigation |
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