Total Crime Rate

244.5 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 244.5 10/10
  • Shoplifting 114.0 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 36.8 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 27.6 8/10
  • Other theft 12.9 9/10
  • Public order 11.0 8/10
  • Theft from the person 11.0 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 11.0 8/10
  • Robbery 9.2 9/10
  • Burglary 7.4 7/10
  • Drugs 3.7 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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

Hitcham Road area has the 4th highest crime rate of 52 local areas in Lea Bridge , and the 67th 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 Hitcham Road (E17 8HL) in the last 12 months was 244.5 per 1,000 residents and was 68.0% higher than the Lea Bridge average (145.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 62 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 2 cases , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Theft from the person ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 31 (≈ 57.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 6.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 42.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Hitcham Road (E17 8HL), the main crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 93 crimes here, including 18 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Hitcham Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/36)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Markhouse Road —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Conference/Exhibition Centre —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Seymour Road —
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Boundary Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Theft from the person Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Belvedere Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Conference/Exhibition Centre Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Belvedere Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Conference/Exhibition Centre —
Sep 2025Burglary Morieux Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Seymour Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Morieux Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Morieux Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Perth Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Perth Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Hibbert Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Flempton Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Flempton Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Clementina Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Seymour Road —
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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