Total Crime Rate
50.4 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Abbotts Crescent area has the 9th lowest crime rate of 23 local areas in Hatch Lane & Highams Park North , and the 204th 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 Abbotts Crescent (E4 9SB) in the last 12 months was 50.4 per 1,000 residents and was 32.3% lower than the Hatch Lane & Highams Park North average (74.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Vehicle crime with 6 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 200.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.
Violent crimes totalled 2 (≈ 7.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -52.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Abbotts Crescent (E4 9SB), 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 Hatch Lane & Highams Park North| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | The Bramblings | 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Abbotts Crescent | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Abbotts Crescent | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Richmond Crescent | — |
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