Total Crime Rate
19.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
9.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026The Beeches area has the 6th lowest crime rate of 50 local areas in Chingford Green , and the 37th 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 The Beeches (E4 7EZ) in the last 12 months was 19.1 per 1,000 residents and was 78.0% lower than the Chingford Green average (86.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Public order with 2 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 3 (≈ 9.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 50.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -45.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around The Beeches (E4 7EZ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 64 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Police Station (48 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Chingford Green| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | St Egberts Way | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Carbis Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shingly Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Glendower Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Arabia Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Police Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Police Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Police Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | The Green Walk | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | The Green | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nation Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Nation Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Egberts Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Egberts Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Egberts Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Woodland Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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