Total Crime Rate
136.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
57.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Low Hall Lane area has the 25th highest crime rate of 88 local areas in High Street , and the 178th 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 Low Hall Lane (E17 8BE) in the last 12 months was 136.1 per 1,000 residents and was 37.5% 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 27 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Theft from the person ( -14.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 34 (≈ 57.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 13.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -60.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Low Hall Lane (E17 8BE), the main crime hotspot is near St James'S Street. Police recorded 195 crimes here, including 51 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In St James| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hartington Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Courtenay Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Springfield Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Arkley Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Markhouse Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Markhouse Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Markhouse Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Ashford Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Ashford Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Ashford Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| 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 | Public order | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Springfield Road | — |
| 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 | Anti-social behaviour | Hove Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Falmouth Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Campus Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Tennyson Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Cranbrook Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cranbrook Mews | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Courtenay Mews | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Courtenay Mews | Under investigation |
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