Total Crime Rate
10.4 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Abbotts Crescent area has the lowest crime rate of 28 local areas in Hale End & Highams Park South , and the 14th lowest crime rate of 704 local areas in Waltham Forest .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Abbotts Crescent (E4 9SA) in the last 12 months was 10.4 per 1,000 residents and was 85.7% 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 2 offences recorded. The least common crime was Vehicle crime with 2 cases , down -60.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -60.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 2 (≈ 5.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 100.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -38.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Abbotts Crescent (E4 9SA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 27 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Chadwick Avenue (7 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Richmond Crescent | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | The Bramblings | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Nightingale Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Abbotts Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Abbotts Crescent | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Abbotts Crescent | Local resolution |
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