Total Crime Rate

116.5 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 116.5 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 30.4 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 15.2 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 15.2 8/10
  • Theft from the person 12.7 9/10
  • Burglary 10.1 8/10
  • Other theft 10.1 8/10
  • Robbery 7.6 8/10
  • Public order 5.1 4/10
  • Vehicle crime 5.1 5/10
  • Drugs 2.5 1/10
  • Other crime 2.5 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
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

Edinburgh Road area has the 18th highest crime rate of 52 local areas in Lea Bridge , and the 226th highest crime rate of 704 local areas in Waltham Forest .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Edinburgh Road (E17 7QA) in the last 12 months was 116.5 per 1,000 residents and was 20.0% lower than the Lea Bridge average (145.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 500.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 17 (≈ 43.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 30.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has flat ( 0.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Edinburgh Road (E17 7QA), the main crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 259 crimes here, including 47 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

Crime Over Time in Edinburgh Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/76)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Drugs Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Police Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Selborne Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Selborne Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Station Approach Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Station Approach Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Station Approach Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Police Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Police Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Police Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Selborne Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Selborne Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Selborne Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Selborne Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Police Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Police Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Gosport Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Vernon Mews Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Supermarket —
Sep 2025Other crime Police Station Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Selborne Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Station Approach Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Station Approach Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Selborne Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Tennyson Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Selborne Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Selborne Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Selborne Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Selborne Road Awaiting court outcome
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Data Sources

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