Total Crime Rate
77.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
9.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Boundary Road area has the 35th lowest crime rate of 78 local areas in Hoe Street , and the 339th lowest crime rate of 687 local areas in Waltham Forest .
At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Boundary Road (E17 8LA) in the last 12 months was 77.9 per 1,000 residents and was 32.8% lower than the Hoe Street average (115.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 300.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 3 (≈ 9.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 200.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -65.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Boundary Road (E17 8LA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Northumberland Road, where police recorded 65 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Gloucester Mews (21 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Markhouse| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wenlock Mews | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Wenlock Mews | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Lansdowne Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lansdowne Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | St Barnabas Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Northumberland Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Chelmsford Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Waterloo Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wenlock Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Chelmsford Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Rutland Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Barnabas Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rutland Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Wellesley Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Bowdon Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Violet Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shrubland Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chelmsford Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Lansdowne Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | St Barnabas Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Colchester Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Theobald Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Theobald Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Theobald Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | St Barnabas Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Samira Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Gordon Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Beaconsfield Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | St Barnabas Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gloucester Mews | Under investigation |
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