Total Crime Rate
330.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
136.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Sewardstone Road area has the highest crime rate of 50 local areas in Chingford Green , and the 39th highest crime rate of 687 local areas in Waltham Forest .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Sewardstone Road (E4 7PU) in the last 12 months was 330.8 per 1,000 residents and was 281.4% higher than the Chingford Green average (86.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 26 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -62.5% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 36 (≈ 136.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 2.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -46.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Sewardstone Road (E4 7PU), the main crime hotspot is near Petrol Station. Police recorded 31 crimes here, including 14 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Chingford Green| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Seymour Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Amesbury Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Riverside Court | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Markfield Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Markfield Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Redwood Gardens | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lea Valley Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Lea Valley Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Seymour Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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