Total Crime Rate
167.1 per 1,000
All offences Β· May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
38.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Shernhall Street area has the 18th highest crime rate of 78 local areas in Hoe Street , and the 121st highest crime rate of 687 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 Shernhall Street (E17 9HS) in the last 12 months was 167.1 per 1,000 residents and was 44.2% higher than the Hoe Street average (115.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this areaβs most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 30 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 200.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 14 (β 38.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 7.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 123.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Shernhall Street (E17 9HS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 58 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Back Road (12 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Wood Street| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Ravenswood Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Marlowe Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Church Hill Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Burns Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Brunswick Street | β |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Brunswick Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Burns Close | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Burns Close | β |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Brookfield Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Vallentin Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Browning Close | β |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shernhall Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Marlowe Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Marlowe Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Marlowe Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Marlowe Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Marlowe Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Marlowe Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Shernhall Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Browning Close | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Browning Close | β |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Trelawny Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Greville Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Bishop'S Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Trelawny Close | β |
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