Total Crime Rate
7.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
5.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Queens Road area has the 2nd lowest crime rate of 78 local areas in Hoe Street , and the 5th lowest crime rate of 687 local areas in Waltham Forest .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Queens Road (E17 8PY) in the last 12 months was 7.1 per 1,000 residents and was 93.8% lower than the Hoe Street average (115.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Burglary with 1 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 3 (≈ 5.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 50.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -90.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Queens Road (E17 8PY), the main crime hotspot is near Selborne Road. Police recorded 98 crimes here, including 21 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Markhouse| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Third Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Beatrice Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Rutland Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rutland Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Gandhi Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Walthamstow Central | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Walthamstow Central | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Lorne Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Lorne Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Exeter Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Connaught Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Selborne Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Selborne Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Selborne Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Lansdowne Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | St Barnabas Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lansdowne Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Yunus Khan Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Daventry Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Daventry Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Leamington Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Ledger Mews | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Ledger Mews | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Ledger Mews | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Ledger Mews | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Ledger Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Daventry Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Daventry Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Daventry Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | St Barnabas Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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