Total Crime Rate

70.7 per 1,000 6/10 · Average

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

42.4 per 1,000 7/10 · High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 70.7 6/10
  • Violent crimes 42.4 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 28.3 6/10
  • Robbery 10.6 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 7.1 4/10
  • Theft from the person 7.1 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.5 3/10
  • Drugs 3.5 4/10
  • Other theft 3.5 3/10
  • Public order 3.5 3/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.5 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Dames Road area has the 24th lowest crime rate of 76 local areas in Cann Hall , and the 310th lowest crime rate of 687 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 Dames Road (E7 0EA) in the last 12 months was 70.7 per 1,000 residents and was 26.8% lower than the Cann Hall average (96.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 8 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 12 (≈ 42.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -14.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -26.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Dames Road (E7 0EA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Huddlestone Road, where police recorded 24 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Hesketh Road (12 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Dames Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Talbot Road
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Talbot Road
Apr 2026Public order Winchelsea Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Talbot Road
Apr 2026Theft from the person Ramsay Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Hesketh Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Vansittart Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Cann Hall Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Talbot Road
Apr 2026Other theft Talbot Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Talbot Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Hesketh Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Possession of weapons Fowler Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Pevensey Road
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Pevensey Road
Apr 2026Other theft Winchelsea Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Thorpe Road
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Cobbold Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Huddlestone Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Theft from the person Knighton Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Thorpe Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other crime Huddlestone Road Under investigation

Data Sources

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