Total Crime Rate
246.4 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Ledger Mews area has the 10th highest crime rate of 78 local areas in Hoe Street , and the 66th 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 Ledger Mews (E17 9FA) in the last 12 months was 246.4 per 1,000 residents and was 94.3% higher 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 36 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -84.6% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 33 (≈ 79.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -5.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -23.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Ledger Mews (E17 9FA), 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 | Anti-social behaviour | Gandhi Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Lansdowne Road | 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 | Other theft | St Barnabas Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Daventry Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Rutland Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Gandhi Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Gandhi Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Gandhi Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Gandhi Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Gandhi Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Gandhi Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Bakers Avenue | Under investigation |
| 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 | Shaftesbury Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shaftesbury Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ivy Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Devonshire Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Devonshire Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wellesley Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | St Barnabas Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | First Avenue | — |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Daventry Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Daventry Avenue | Under investigation |
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