Total Crime Rate
118.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
60.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Camden Road area has the 29th highest crime rate of 88 local areas in High Street , and the 222nd highest crime rate of 687 local areas in Waltham Forest .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Camden Road (E17 7NF) in the last 12 months was 118.4 per 1,000 residents and was 45.6% lower than the High Street average (217.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 20 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 150.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 25 (≈ 60.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -3.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -58.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Camden Road (E17 7NF), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Brunner Road, where police recorded 46 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Bude Close (17 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Willow Walk | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hove Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Betts Mews | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Betts Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Arkley Crescent | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Arkley Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | South Grove | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hove Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Ashford Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Falmouth Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Tennyson Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Union Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Richmond Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Richmond Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Richmond Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Queens Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cranbrook Mews | — |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Cranbrook Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Willow Walk | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Ashford Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Campus Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Ashford Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Springfield Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | The Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | The Crescent | Under investigation |
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