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

Orford Road 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 Orford Road (E17 9QU) 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 Orford Road (E17 9QU), the main crime hotspot is near Hoe Street. Police recorded 184 crimes here, including 32 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Orford Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/66)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Drugs Pembroke Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Third Avenue Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Hoe Street —
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Hoe Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Hoe Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Third Avenue —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Grosvenor Park Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Grosvenor Park Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Other crime Pendlestone Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Stanhope Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Pendlestone Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Pendlestone Road —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Cobble Path —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Daventry Avenue —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Daventry Avenue —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Daventry Avenue —
Apr 2026Theft from the person Stanhope Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Stanhope Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Theft from the person Third Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Theft from the person Walthamstow Central Action to be taken by another organisation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Cobble Path —
Apr 2026Theft from the person Cedars Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Station Approach Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Theft from the person Station Approach Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Station Approach Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Bicycle theft Station Approach Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Walthamstow Central Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Hoe Street Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Pembroke Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Drugs East Avenue Local resolution
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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