Total Crime Rate

179.1 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

44.8 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 179.1 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 67.2 10/10
  • Violent crimes 44.8 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 44.8 8/10
  • Other theft 37.3 10/10
  • Burglary 14.9 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 14.9 9/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Sopwith Avenue area has the 15th highest crime rate of 88 local areas in High Street , and the 104th 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 Sopwith Avenue (E17 6TD) in the last 12 months was 179.1 per 1,000 residents and was 17.8% lower 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 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 2 cases , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 500.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.

Violent crimes totalled 6 (≈ 44.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 500.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -68.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Sopwith Avenue (E17 6TD), the main crime hotspot is near Parking Area. Police recorded 152 crimes here, including 34 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Sopwith Avenue area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/60)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Theatre/Concert Hall Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Freedom Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Cornwallis Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Sutherland Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Sutherland Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Other theft Wigmore Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Wigmore Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Wigmore Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Bicycle theft Essex Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Essex Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Other theft Pembar Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Parking Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Theatre/Concert Hall —
Apr 2026Other theft Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Drugs Parking Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Parking Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Burglary Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Champness Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Theft from the person Champness Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Champness Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Burglary Champness Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Burglary Champness Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Burglary Champness Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Theatre/Concert Hall Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Lloyd Road Under investigation
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Data Sources

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