Total Crime Rate

172.5 per 1,000 9/10 · Very 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 172.5 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 35.0 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 30.0 9/10
  • Burglary 25.0 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 25.0 10/10
  • Public order 20.0 9/10
  • Other crime 7.5 8/10
  • Shoplifting 7.5 5/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 5.0 4/10
  • Other theft 5.0 5/10
  • Robbery 5.0 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 2.5 2/10
  • Drugs 2.5 1/10
  • Theft from the person 2.5 2/10
  • Possession of weapons 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

Rushcroft Road area has the 13th highest crime rate of 93 local areas in Chapel End , and the 123rd highest crime rate of 704 local areas in Waltham 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 Rushcroft Road (E4 8SG) in the last 12 months was 172.5 per 1,000 residents and was 72.5% higher than the Chapel End average (100.0 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 , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -84.6% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 24 (≈ 60.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -25.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 7.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Rushcroft Road (E4 8SG), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Walthamstow Avenue, where police recorded 94 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Rushcroft Road (14 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Rushcroft Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Walthamstow Avenue —
Sep 2025Shoplifting Walthamstow Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Walthamstow Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Walthamstow Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Walthamstow Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Marlborough Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Marlborough Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Walthamstow Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Empress Avenue —
Sep 2025Other theft Empress Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Empress Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Empress Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Empress Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Walthamstow Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Walthamstow Avenue —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parade Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Grove Park Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Rushcroft Road —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Rushcroft Road —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Rushcroft Road —
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Ascham Drive Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Sports/Recreation Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rowden Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Loxham Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Loxham Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Rowden Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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