Total Crime Rate

98.5 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · 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 98.5 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 58.5 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 12.3 8/10
  • Public order 9.2 7/10
  • Burglary 6.2 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.1 4/10
  • Drugs 3.1 3/10
  • Other theft 3.1 2/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.1 4/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Sewardstone Road area has the 29th highest crime rate of 74 local areas in Waltham Abbey North , and the 85th highest crime rate of 376 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 7SD) in the last 12 months was 98.5 per 1,000 residents and was 21.8% higher than the Waltham Abbey North average (80.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 19 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 23 (≈ 70.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -11.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -21.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Sewardstone Road (E4 7SD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Gilwell Close, where police recorded 18 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Boardman Avenue (8 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

View Crime In Waltham Abbey North

Crime Over Time in Sewardstone Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (6/6)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Baden Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Gilwell Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Baden Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gilwell Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Gilwell Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Gilwell Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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