Total Crime Rate
1820.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
574.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Tower Mews area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 88 local areas in High Street , and the 3rd 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 Tower Mews (E17 7BF) in the last 12 months was 1820.9 per 1,000 residents and was 736.2% higher 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 40 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Possession of weapons ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 77 (≈ 574.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -10.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 64.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Tower Mews (E17 7BF), 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.
View Crime In High Street| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Gillards Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Bus/Coach Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bus/Coach Station | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bus/Coach Station | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bus/Coach Station | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bus/Coach Station | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Bus/Coach Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Bus/Coach Station | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Bus/Coach Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Bus/Coach Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Bus/Coach Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Bus/Coach Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Cleveland Park Avenue | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Bus/Coach Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Bus/Coach Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hatherley Mews | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Hatherley Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Hatherley Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Richards Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Richards Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Richards Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Richards Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Cleveland Park Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cleveland Park Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tower Hamlets Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Walthamstow Bus Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Supermarket | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Supermarket | Under investigation |
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