Total Crime Rate

100.0 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

33.3 per 1,000 6/10 · Average

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 100.0 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 37.5 9/10
  • Violent crimes 33.3 6/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 33.3 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 12.5 9/10
  • Burglary 8.3 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 4.2 3/10
  • Drugs 4.2 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Crescent Road area has the 15th highest crime rate of 50 local areas in Chingford Green , and the 270th 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 Crescent Road (E4 6AX) in the last 12 months was 100.0 per 1,000 residents and was 15.3% higher than the Chingford Green average (86.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 8 (≈ 33.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 14.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 123.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Crescent Road (E4 6AX), the main crime hotspot is near Parking Area. Police recorded 50 crimes here, including 15 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Crescent Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (9/9)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Gordon Road —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Crescent Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Littleton Avenue —
Apr 2026Public order Parking Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Woodedge Close —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Crescent Road —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Crescent Road —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Crescent Road —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Gordon Road Under investigation
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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