Total Crime Rate
6.0 per 1,000
All offences Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Erskine Road area has the lowest crime rate of 93 local areas in Chapel End , and the 3rd 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 Erskine Road (E17 6SA) in the last 12 months was 6.0 per 1,000 residents and was 94.1% 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 2 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Violence and sexual offences ( -71.4% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 2 (β 4.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -71.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -26.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Erskine Road (E17 6SA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 117 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Police Station (32 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Chapel End| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Holmes Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Russell Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Coleridge Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Hatherley Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Hatherley Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Boleyn Court | β |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Brookdale Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Russell Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Russell Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Russell Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Gainsford Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Russell Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Police Station | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Police Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Police Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Police Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Police Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Police Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Police Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Coleridge Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Gainsford Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Eldon Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Limewood Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | William Morris Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Mersey Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Mersey Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Wolsey Avenue | β |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Erskine Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Campbell Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Campbell Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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