Total Crime Rate

234.3 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

62.8 per 1,000 8/10 · High

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 234.3 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 77.3 10/10
  • Violent crimes 62.8 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 50.7 8/10
  • Theft from the person 31.4 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 16.9 9/10
  • Shoplifting 14.5 6/10
  • Burglary 9.7 8/10
  • Public order 9.7 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 7.3 6/10
  • Drugs 7.3 7/10
  • Other theft 7.3 6/10
  • Robbery 2.4 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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

Ledger Mews area has the 9th highest crime rate of 78 local areas in Hoe Street , and the 68th highest crime rate of 687 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 234.3 per 1,000 residents and was 102.2% higher than the Hoe Street average (115.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 32 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -22.2% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 26 (≈ 62.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -57.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Ledger Mews (E17 9FA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Cobble Path, where police recorded 72 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Gandhi Close (16 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Ledger Mews area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Daventry Avenue —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Cobble Path —
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 2026Violence and sexual offences Stanhope Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Rutland Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Rutland Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Daventry Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Pendlestone Road —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Pendlestone Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Yunus Khan Close —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Cobble Path —
Apr 2026Theft from the person Leamington Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Cobble Path —
Apr 2026Robbery Beatrice Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Other crime Pendlestone Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Third Avenue —
Apr 2026Public order Third Avenue Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Theft from the person Third Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Grosvenor Park Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Grosvenor Park Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Connaught Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Drugs Gandhi Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Gandhi Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Daventry Avenue —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Daventry Avenue —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Ledger Mews —
Apr 2026Other theft Granville Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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