Total Crime Rate
109.2 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Brooker Road area has the 25th highest crime rate of 74 local areas in Waltham Abbey North , and the 65th highest crime rate of 376 local areas in Epping Forest .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Brooker Road (EN9 1HY) in the last 12 months was 109.2 per 1,000 residents and was 35.1% higher than the Waltham Abbey North average (80.9 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 Other theft with 1 case , down -75.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -75.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 14 (≈ 40.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -17.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -42.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Brooker Road (EN9 1HY), the main crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 67 crimes here, including 19 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Paradise Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Harveyfields | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Sun Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Harveyfields | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Paradise Road | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Orchard Gardens | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Orchard Gardens | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Victoria Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Abbey Court | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cartersfield Road | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cartersfield Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Brooker Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Cartersfield Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Cartersfield Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Cartersfield Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Greenyard | — |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Rue De St Lawrence | Offender given a caution |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Cornmill | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Woollard Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Church Street | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Fountain Place | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Fountain Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Fountain Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Church Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Church Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Church Street | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Fountain Place | Under investigation |
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