Total Crime Rate
484.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
164.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Boundary Road area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 92 local areas in Forest , and the 23rd highest crime rate of 687 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 484.5 per 1,000 residents and was 388.6% higher than the Forest average (99.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 42 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Theft from the person ( -23.1% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 53 (≈ 164.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 6.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -41.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Boundary Road (E17 8NL), the main crime hotspot is near Stanley Road. Police recorded 106 crimes here, including 41 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Lea Bridge| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Clarendon Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Stanley Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bickley Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Stanley Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Stanley Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bickley Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Bickley Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Stanley Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Bickley Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Daventry Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Poplars Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Stanley Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Poplars Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Poplars Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Daventry Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Daventry Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Daventry Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Stanley Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Pendlestone Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pendlestone Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Pendlestone Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bickley Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Ledger Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Grosvenor Park Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Clarendon Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Stanley Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Stanley Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Stanley Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Westerham Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Westerham Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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