Total Crime Rate
175.4 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Grove Park Avenue area has the 12th highest crime rate of 93 local areas in Chapel End , and the 116th highest crime rate of 704 local areas in Waltham Forest .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Grove Park Avenue (E4 8SS) in the last 12 months was 175.4 per 1,000 residents and was 75.4% 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 20 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 24 (≈ 60.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -7.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -22.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Grove Park Avenue (E4 8SS), 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.
View Crime In Chapel End| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Cheshire Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Loxham Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Empress Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Empress Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Empress Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Empress Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Empress Avenue | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parade Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Grove Park Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Rowden Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Rowden Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Chingford Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Loxham Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Ascham Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Roberts Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Ruscus Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Ruscus Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ruscus Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Penrhyn Crescent | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Walthamstow Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Walthamstow Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Knebworth Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Knebworth Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Walthamstow Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Walthamstow Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Walthamstow Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Walthamstow Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Walthamstow Avenue | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Roberts Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Roberts Road | Under investigation |
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