Total Crime Rate

187.2 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 187.2 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 89.4 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 27.7 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 17.0 9/10
  • Burglary 14.9 9/10
  • Drugs 14.9 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 8.5 7/10
  • Public order 6.4 5/10
  • Other crime 4.3 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 2.1 1/10
  • Theft from the person 2.1 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Roland Road area has the 19th highest crime rate of 78 local areas in Hoe Street , and the 101st highest crime rate of 704 local areas in Waltham Forest .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Roland Road (E17 9HN) in the last 12 months was 187.2 per 1,000 residents and was 47.6% 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 42 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Theft from the person ( -75.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 16 (≈ 34.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -43.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Roland Road (E17 9HN), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Chestnut Avenue North, where police recorded 65 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Eastern Road (17 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Roland Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wood Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Lambkins Mews Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Chestnut Avenue North Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Chestnut Avenue North —
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Walsham How Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Barrett Road —
Sep 2025Theft from the person Greenacre Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Greenacre Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Lambkins Mews —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Roland Road —
Sep 2025Drugs Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Wood Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Wood Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Wood Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Wood Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wood Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Eastern Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Ferndale Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Chestnut Avenue North —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Halford Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Halford Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Eastern Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Eastern Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Raglan Road —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Raglan Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Raglan Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Raglan Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Raglan Road Under investigation

Data Sources

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