Total Crime Rate

162.7 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

43.4 per 1,000 7/10 · High

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 162.7 9/10
  • Violent crimes 43.4 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 43.4 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 32.5 7/10
  • Drugs 23.9 10/10
  • Theft from the person 19.5 9/10
  • Burglary 15.2 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 8.7 6/10
  • Robbery 6.5 7/10
  • Other theft 4.3 4/10
  • Public order 4.3 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 2.2 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 2.2 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

Hatherley Road area has the 14th highest crime rate of 91 local areas in Chapel End , and the 129th 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 Hatherley Road (E17 6SF) in the last 12 months was 162.7 per 1,000 residents and was 70.5% higher than the Chapel End average (95.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 20 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 133.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 20 (≈ 43.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 27.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Hatherley Road (E17 6SF), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Gillards Way, where police recorded 237 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Eastfield Road (46 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Hatherley Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/134)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Other theft Tower Mews Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Police Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Gaywood Road —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Gaywood Road —
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Gaywood Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Forest Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Wolsey Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Gillards Way —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Tower Hamlets Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Gillards Way —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Gillards Way —
Apr 2026Burglary Walthamstow Bus Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Brookdale Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Theft from the person Brookdale Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Theft from the person Police Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order Police Station Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Police Station Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Burglary Forest Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Walthamstow Bus Station Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Walthamstow Bus Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order Walthamstow Bus Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order Walthamstow Bus Station Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Walthamstow Bus Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Theft from the person Tower Mews Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Theft from the person Tower Mews Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Theft from the person Tower Mews Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Tower Mews Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Robbery Tower Mews Under investigation
Apr 2026Theft from the person Gillards Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Drugs Tower Mews Local resolution
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Data Sources

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