Total Crime Rate
30.5 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Betoyne Avenue area has the 5th lowest crime rate of 23 local areas in Hatch Lane & Highams Park North , and the 87th 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 Betoyne Avenue (E4 9SG) in the last 12 months was 30.5 per 1,000 residents and was 59.0% 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 5 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.
Violent crimes totalled 2 (≈ 5.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -52.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Betoyne Avenue (E4 9SG), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 27 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Saxlingham Road (10 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 | Criminal damage and arson | Saxlingham Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Friday Hill | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Abbotts Crescent | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Abbotts Crescent | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Abbotts Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Saxlingham Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | The Bramblings | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Friday Hill | Under investigation |
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