Total Crime Rate
48.0 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Queens Road area has the 10th lowest crime rate of 52 local areas in Lea Bridge , and the 188th lowest crime rate of 704 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 8QP) in the last 12 months was 48.0 per 1,000 residents and was 67.0% lower than the Lea Bridge average (145.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 14 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 17 (≈ 30.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 30.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 7.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Queens Road (E17 8QP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 119 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Selborne Road (27 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Lea Bridge| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | St Barnabas Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Gosport Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Selborne Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Selborne Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Selborne Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Selborne Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Selborne Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Selborne Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Selborne Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Selborne Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Selborne Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Brighton Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | St Barnabas Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Tennyson Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Richmond Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Lennox Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lennox Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Edinburgh Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Edinburgh Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Helena Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Helena Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lorne Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Chelmsford Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Lansdowne Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Rutland Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Samira Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Colchester Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
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