Total Crime Rate
234.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
62.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Ledger 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.
View Crime In Markhouse| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Daventry Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cobble Path | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | St Barnabas Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | St Barnabas Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | St Barnabas Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | St Barnabas Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Stanhope Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Rutland Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rutland Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Daventry Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Pendlestone Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pendlestone Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Yunus Khan Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cobble Path | — |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Leamington Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cobble Path | — |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Beatrice Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Pendlestone Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Third Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Third Avenue | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Third Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Grosvenor Park Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Grosvenor Park Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Connaught Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Gandhi Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Gandhi Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Daventry Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Daventry Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Ledger Mews | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Granville Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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