Total Crime Rate

104.6 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

52.3 per 1,000 8/10 · High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 104.6 8/10
  • Violent crimes 52.3 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 43.1 8/10
  • Drugs 15.4 9/10
  • Other theft 12.3 8/10
  • Burglary 9.2 8/10
  • Public order 9.2 7/10
  • Other crime 6.2 8/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.1 4/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.1 2/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.1 2/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 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 · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Sewardstone Road area has the 24th highest crime rate of 74 local areas in Waltham Abbey North , and the 70th highest crime rate of 374 local areas in Epping Forest .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Sewardstone Road (E4 7RA) in the last 12 months was 104.6 per 1,000 residents and was 36.4% higher than the Waltham Abbey North average (76.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 14 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -75.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 17 (≈ 52.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -26.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -62.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Sewardstone Road (E4 7RA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Daws Hill, where police recorded 7 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Mill Lane (2 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Sewardstone Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
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Data Sources

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