Total Crime Rate

212.9 per 1,000 10/10 · 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 212.9 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 64.3 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 40.2 8/10
  • Robbery 28.1 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 16.1 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 12.1 8/10
  • Drugs 12.1 9/10
  • Other theft 12.1 8/10
  • Public order 12.1 8/10
  • Burglary 8.0 8/10
  • Other crime 4.0 6/10
  • Shoplifting 4.0 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Grove Hill area has the 5th highest crime rate of 66 local areas in Churchfields , and the 71st highest crime rate of 757 local areas in Redbridge .

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 Grove Hill (E18 2JA) in the last 12 months was 212.9 per 1,000 residents and was 214.4% higher than the Churchfields average (67.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 16 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -71.4% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 20 (≈ 80.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 53.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 10.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Grove Hill (E18 2JA), the main crime hotspot is near Walpole Road. Police recorded 29 crimes here, including 11 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

Crime Over Time in Grove Hill area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (12/12)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Theft from the person Wordsworth Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Hillcrest Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Buckingham Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Walpole Road —
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Buckingham Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Carnarvon Road —
Sep 2025Burglary Grove Hill Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Buckingham Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Hillcrest Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Grove Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour South Woodford —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour South Woodford —
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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