Total Crime Rate
57.4 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025The 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.
View Crime In Hale End & Highams Park South| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Richmond Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | The Bramblings | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Abbotts Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Abbotts Crescent | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Nightingale Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Abbotts Crescent | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Castle Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Clivedon Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Castle Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Richmond Crescent | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Castle Avenue | — |
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