Total Crime Rate

57.4 per 1,000 5/10 · Typical

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 57.4 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 24.6 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 8.2 2/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 5.5 3/10
  • Burglary 5.5 6/10
  • Other theft 5.5 5/10
  • Robbery 5.5 7/10
  • Drugs 2.7 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 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

The Avenue area has the 12th lowest crime rate of 28 local areas in Hale End & Highams Park South , and the 248th lowest 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 The Avenue (E4 9RZ) in the last 12 months was 57.4 per 1,000 residents and was 20.8% lower 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 Vehicle crime with 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 125.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 5 (≈ 13.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 150.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -54.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around The Avenue (E4 9RZ), the main crime hotspot is near Castle Avenue. Police recorded 25 crimes here, including 12 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in The Avenue area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other theft Richmond Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences The Bramblings Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Abbotts Crescent Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Abbotts Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Nightingale Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Abbotts Crescent Local resolution
Sep 2025Public order Castle Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Clivedon Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Castle Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Richmond Crescent
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Castle Avenue

Data Sources

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