Total Crime Rate
63.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
18.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Beech Hall Crescent area has the 11th highest crime rate of 27 local areas in Hale End & Highams Park South , and the 280th lowest crime rate of 687 local areas in Waltham Forest .
Compared with the surrounding streets, this postcode does not stand out as either a particular hotspot or an unusually safe pocket. Crime levels in the neighbouring output areas are broadly in line with this area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Beech Hall Crescent (E4 9NW) in the last 12 months was 63.1 per 1,000 residents and was 14.7% lower than the Hale End & Highams Park South average (74.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 8 (≈ 18.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -11.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -34.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Beech Hall Crescent (E4 9NW), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 37 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near The Broadway (14 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Hale End & Highams Park South| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Oak Hill Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | The Hale | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | The Hale | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Morley Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Beverley Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Studley Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Forster Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | The Broadway | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | The Broadway | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Beverley Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | The Hale | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Beverley Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Beverley Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Beverley Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Hollywood Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Hollywood Way | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hollywood Way | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hollywood Way | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Preston Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Hale End Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Newbury Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Newbury Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | The Hale | Under investigation |
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