Total Crime Rate
55.6 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Yunus Khan Close area has the 20th lowest crime rate of 78 local areas in Hoe Street , and the 236th 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 Yunus Khan Close (E17 8XQ) in the last 12 months was 55.6 per 1,000 residents and was 56.2% lower than the Hoe Street average (126.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 600.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.
In the area around Yunus Khan Close (E17 8XQ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Gandhi Close, where police recorded 73 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Third Avenue (24 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Beatrice Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Daventry Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Shaftesbury Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Daventry Avenue | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Daventry Avenue | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Daventry Avenue | — |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Daventry Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Daventry Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Daventry Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ivy Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Shrubland Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shrubland Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shrubland Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Shrubland Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Devonshire Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Gandhi Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Devonshire Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Daventry Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wellesley Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | St Barnabas Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | St Barnabas Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Rutland Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Gandhi Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Gandhi Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Gandhi Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Gandhi Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Gandhi Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Gandhi Close | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Pendlestone Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Gandhi Close | Under investigation |
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