Total Crime Rate

17.9 per 1,000 2/10 · Very Low

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

2.6 per 1,000 1/10 · Very Low

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 17.9 2/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 5.1 4/10
  • Other theft 5.1 5/10
  • Violent crimes 2.6 1/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 2.6 1/10
  • Robbery 2.6 2/10
  • Vehicle crime 2.6 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Somerset Road area has the 5th lowest crime rate of 78 local areas in Hoe Street , and the 30th 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 Somerset Road (E17 8QW) in the last 12 months was 17.9 per 1,000 residents and was 84.6% lower than the Hoe Street average (115.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Criminal damage and arson with 2 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.

Violent crimes totalled 1 (≈ 2.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -76.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Somerset Road (E17 8QW), the main crime hotspot is near Daventry Avenue. Police recorded 71 crimes here, including 14 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Somerset Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Drugs Gandhi Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Bicycle theft Chelmsford Road Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Drugs Chelmsford Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Connaught Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Daventry Avenue
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Chelmsford Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Lansdowne Road
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Daventry Avenue
Apr 2026Other theft Lansdowne Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Lansdowne Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Daventry Avenue
Apr 2026Other theft Daventry Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences St Barnabas Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Gandhi Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Wellesley Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour St Barnabas Road
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour St Barnabas Road
Apr 2026Burglary St Barnabas Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson St Barnabas Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Rutland Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Rutland Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Exeter Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Theft from the person Cedars Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Lorne Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Lorne Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Robbery Beatrice Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Daventry Avenue
Apr 2026Theft from the person Samira Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Theft from the person Leamington Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other crime Ledger Mews Under investigation

Data Sources

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