Total Crime Rate
154.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
52.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Blackhorse Road area has the 18th highest crime rate of 88 local areas in High Street , and the 140th 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 Blackhorse Road (E17 7BE) in the last 12 months was 154.2 per 1,000 residents and was 29.2% 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 28 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Theft from the person ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 26 (≈ 52.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 8.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -33.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Blackhorse Road (E17 7BE), the main crime hotspot is near St James'S Street. Police recorded 195 crimes here, including 51 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 | Burglary | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Courtenay Mews | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Haroldstone Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cornwallis Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Hazelwood Road | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hazelwood Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Pretoria Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Glenthorne Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Courtenay Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Haroldstone Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Courtenay Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Courtenay Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Courtenay Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Courtenay Mews | Offender given a caution |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Stephenson Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Coppermill Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Glenthorne Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Haroldstone Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Haroldstone Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Leucha Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Stephenson Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Courtenay Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Maude Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Newman Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Mission Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Mission Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chewton Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Chewton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Haroldstone Road | — |
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