Total Crime Rate
12.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
3.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Nightingale Close area has the 2nd lowest crime rate of 23 local areas in Hatch Lane & Highams Park North , and the 11th lowest crime rate of 687 local areas in Waltham Forest .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Nightingale Close (E4 6ND) in the last 12 months was 12.5 per 1,000 residents and was 79.5% lower than the Hatch Lane & Highams Park North average (61.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Burglary with 2 offences recorded. The least common crime was Violent crimes with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Vehicle crime ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 1 (≈ 3.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -65.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Nightingale Close (E4 6ND), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Otterbourne Road, where police recorded 34 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Saxlingham Road (9 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Hatch Lane & Highams Park North| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Friday Hill | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Accommodation Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Accommodation Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Saxlingham Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Saxlingham Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Saxlingham Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Otterbourne Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Blackthorne Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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