Total Crime Rate

88.6 per 1,000 7/10 · 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 88.6 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 24.9 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 16.6 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 13.9 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 8.3 6/10
  • Robbery 8.3 8/10
  • Public order 5.5 5/10
  • Drugs 2.8 2/10
  • Other crime 2.8 2/10
  • Other theft 2.8 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.8 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Church Avenue area has the 7th highest crime rate of 28 local areas in Hale End & Highams Park South , and the 314th highest crime rate of 704 local areas in Waltham Forest .

At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Church Avenue (E4 9QY) in the last 12 months was 88.6 per 1,000 residents and was 22.3% higher than the Hale End & Highams Park South average (72.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -75.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 15 (≈ 41.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -6.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -55.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Church Avenue (E4 9QY), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Castle Avenue, where police recorded 25 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Beverley Road (13 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Church Avenue area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (6/6)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Castle Avenue —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Gordon Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Vincent Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Castle Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Castle Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Clivedon Road Under investigation
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Data Sources

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