Total Crime Rate
503.1 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Bakers Avenue area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 95 local areas in Forest , and the 21st highest crime rate of 704 local areas in Waltham Forest .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Bakers Avenue (E17 9AN) in the last 12 months was 503.1 per 1,000 residents and was 418.1% higher than the Forest average (97.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 54 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -75.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 57 (≈ 177.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 5.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -5.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Bakers Avenue (E17 9AN), the highest concentration of overall crime is near High Road, where police recorded 129 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Stanley Road (36 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Shortlands Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Westerham Road | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Bickley Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Bickley Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bickley Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Hoe Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Devonshire Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Poplars Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Poplars Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Poplars Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Westerham Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Westerham Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Livingstone Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Westerham Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Gandhi Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Stanley Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Stanley Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Stanley Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Stanley Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Stanley Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Stanley Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Stanley Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Dunton Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Poplars Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Bickley Road | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Livingstone Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shrubland Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Gandhi Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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