Total Crime Rate
26.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
13.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Stainforth Road area has the 9th lowest crime rate of 78 local areas in Hoe Street , and the 72nd lowest crime rate of 687 local areas in Waltham Forest .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Stainforth Road (E17 9RD) in the last 12 months was 26.6 per 1,000 residents and was 77.0% lower than the Hoe Street average (115.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 5 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violent crimes ( 200.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 6 (≈ 13.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 200.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -50.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Stainforth Road (E17 9RD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Hoe Street, where police recorded 184 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Eastfield Road (46 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Hoe Street| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Eastfield Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Station Approach | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Tower Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hatherley Mews | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Hatherley Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Hatherley Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Stainforth Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Stainforth Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Stainforth Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | West Avenue Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Station Approach | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Station Approach | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Station Approach | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | West Avenue Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Tower Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Richards Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Richards Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Richards Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Richards Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Bus/Coach Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Bus/Coach Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Bus/Coach Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Bus/Coach Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Bus/Coach Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Bus/Coach Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Bus/Coach Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Tower Mews | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Tower Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Bus/Coach Station | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cobble Path | — |
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