Total Crime Rate
1597.0 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Tower 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.
View Crime In High Street| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Walthamstow Central | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Gillards Mews | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bus/Coach Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Gillards Way | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Gillards Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Gillards Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Gillards Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Walthamstow Central | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Walthamstow Central | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Walthamstow Central | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Gillards Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Tower Mews | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Tower Mews | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Gillards Mews | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Gillards Mews | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Gillards Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Cleveland Park Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Gillards Mews | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Tower Mews | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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