Total Crime Rate

1597.0 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 1597.0 10/10
  • Theft from the person 306.0 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 306.0 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 291.0 10/10
  • Robbery 119.4 10/10
  • Other theft 111.9 10/10
  • Shoplifting 97.0 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 89.6 10/10
  • Drugs 82.1 10/10
  • Bicycle theft 59.7 10/10
  • Public order 59.7 10/10
  • Burglary 37.3 10/10
  • Possession of weapons 14.9 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 14.9 9/10
  • Other crime 7.5 8/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Tower Mews area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 92 local areas in High Street , and the 4th highest crime rate of 704 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 7JU) in the last 12 months was 1597.0 per 1,000 residents and was 638.6% higher than the High Street average (216.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 41 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -70.6% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 67 (≈ 500.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 4.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 114.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Tower Mews (E17 7JU), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Gillards Way, where police recorded 243 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Bus/Coach Station (43 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Tower Mews area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Walthamstow Central Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Gillards Mews
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bus/Coach Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Gillards Way
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Gillards Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Gillards Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Gillards Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Walthamstow Central Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Walthamstow Central Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Walthamstow Central Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Gillards Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Tower Mews Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Tower Mews Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gillards Mews Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gillards Mews Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Gillards Mews Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Cleveland Park Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Gillards Mews
Sep 2025Other crime Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Tower Mews Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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