Total Crime Rate
503.1 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Boundary Road area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 95 local areas in Forest , and the 21st 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 Boundary Road (E17 8NL) in the last 12 months was 503.1 per 1,000 residents and was 418.1% higher than the Forest average (97.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 54 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -75.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 57 (≈ 177.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 5.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -5.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Boundary Road (E17 8NL), the main crime hotspot is near Stanley Road. Police recorded 103 crimes here, including 36 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Clarendon Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Bickley Road | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Devonshire Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Daventry Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Hoe Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bickley Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Bickley Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Bickley Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Gandhi Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Gandhi Close | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Daventry Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Gandhi Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Daventry Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Livingstone Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Pendlestone Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Shaftesbury Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Livingstone Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Livingstone Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Devonshire Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Daventry Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Daventry Avenue | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Gandhi Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Gandhi Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Daventry Avenue | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shrubland Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Albany Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Devonshire Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Shrubland Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Gandhi Close | — |
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