Total Crime Rate
1954.8 per 1,000
All offences Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Westbury Road area has the highest crime rate of 92 local areas in High Street , and the highest crime rate of 704 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 Westbury Road (E17 6RQ) in the last 12 months was 1954.8 per 1,000 residents and was 804.1% higher than the High Street average (216.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this areaβs most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 223 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 4 cases , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 266.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Bicycle theft ( -53.8% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 191 (β 410.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 17.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -27.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Westbury Road (E17 6RQ), the main crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 259 crimes here, including 47 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In High Street| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Glen Mews | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Bus/Coach Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Gillards Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | 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 | Theft from the person | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Walthamstow Central | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Walthamstow Central | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Walthamstow Central | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Bus/Coach Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Gillards Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Bus/Coach Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| 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 | Theft from the person | Bus/Coach Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bus/Coach Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bus/Coach Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| 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 | Other theft | Gillards Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Station Approach | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Selborne Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Selborne Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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