Total Crime Rate

77.8 per 1,000 7/10 · 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 77.8 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 17.3 4/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 14.4 6/10
  • Drugs 8.7 8/10
  • Other theft 8.7 7/10
  • Public order 8.7 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 8.7 7/10
  • Burglary 5.8 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 2.9 1/10
  • Robbery 2.9 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

Groveside Road area has the 10th highest crime rate of 23 local areas in Hatch Lane & Highams Park North , and the 352nd lowest crime rate of 704 local areas in Waltham Forest .

Compared with the surrounding streets, this postcode does not stand out as either a particular hotspot or an unusually safe pocket. Crime levels in the neighbouring output areas are broadly in line with this area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Groveside Road (E4 6HB) in the last 12 months was 77.8 per 1,000 residents and was 4.5% higher than the Hatch Lane & Highams Park North average (74.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 6 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -57.1% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 28.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -37.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 150.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Groveside Road (E4 6HB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Coney Burrows, where police recorded 25 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Manor Farm Drive (17 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Groveside Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour The Croft —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Manor Farm Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Friday Hill Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Hornbeam Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Little Friday Road —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Little Friday Road —
Sep 2025Public order Normanton Park Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Friday Hill Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Friday Hill —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Manor Farm Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Manor Farm Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Friday Hill West Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Coney Burrows Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wyemead Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences The Croft Under investigation

Data Sources

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