Crime Rates at Boundary Road, London, E17 8NQ

Boundary Road area has the 35th highest crime rate of 92 local areas in Forest , and the 226th highest crime rate of 687 local areas in Waltham Forest .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Boundary Road (E17 8NQ) in the last 12 months was 117.4 per 1,000 residents and was 18.4% higher than the Forest average (99.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 20 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 25 (≈ 61.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 8.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -36.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Boundary Road (E17 8NQ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Daventry Avenue, where police recorded 71 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Lea Bridge Road (26 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.