Total Crime Rate

71.4 per 1,000 6/10 Β· Typical

All offences Β· 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 71.4 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 45.7 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 5.7 4/10
  • Vehicle crime 5.7 5/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 5.7 1/10
  • Burglary 2.9 2/10
  • Drugs 2.9 2/10
  • Public order 2.9 2/10
  • 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
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 Β· Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Weale Road area has the 11th highest crime rate of 23 local areas in Hatch Lane & Highams Park North , and the 319th lowest crime rate of 704 local areas in Waltham Forest .

At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Weale Road (E4 6JL) in the last 12 months was 71.4 per 1,000 residents and was 4.0% lower 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 Anti-social behaviour with 16 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 3 (β‰ˆ 8.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -57.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has flat ( -1.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Weale Road (E4 6JL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Otterbourne Road, where police recorded 29 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Saxlingham Road (10 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Weale Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Saxlingham Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wittenham Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Withy Mead Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Otterbourne Road β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Otterbourne Road β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Otterbourne Road β€”
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Wittenham Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Wittenham Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ashwood Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Friday Hill West Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Little Friday Road β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Little Friday Road β€”
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Friday Hill Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Friday Hill Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Friday Hill β€”
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Saxlingham Road Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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