Total Crime Rate
212.9 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Grove Crescent 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 Crescent (E18 2JR) 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 Crescent (E18 2JR), the main crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 98 crimes here, including 19 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Wordsworth Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | High Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | High Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | High Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | High Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | High Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | High Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | High Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Radley'S Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Hillcrest Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Radley'S Lane | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Radley'S Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Hillcrest Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | High Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Buckingham Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Buckingham Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Grove Hill | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Grove Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | South Woodford | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | South Woodford | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Buckingham Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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