Total Crime Rate

100.5 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

39.7 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 100.5 8/10
  • Violent crimes 39.7 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 31.8 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 21.2 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 15.9 9/10
  • Drugs 7.9 7/10
  • Other crime 7.9 9/10
  • Public order 7.9 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 5.3 5/10
  • Other theft 2.7 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Sewardstone Street area has the 25th highest crime rate of 74 local areas in Waltham Abbey North , and the 74th highest crime rate of 374 local areas in Epping Forest .

The streets immediately around this postcode mostly have high or very high crime levels, and on average the bordering areas are much more affected by crime than this postcode itself.

The overall crime rate in the area around Sewardstone Street (EN9 1HZ) in the last 12 months was 100.5 per 1,000 residents and was 31.1% higher than the Waltham Abbey North average (76.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -20.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 15 (≈ 39.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -6.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -73.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Sewardstone Street (EN9 1HZ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 45 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Romeland (19 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

Crime Over Time in Sewardstone Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Barge Yard
Apr 2026Public order Orchard Gardens Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Rue De St Lawrence Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Cartersfield Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Cartersfield Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order Cartersfield Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Harveyfields
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Robbery Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Fountain Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Drugs Silver Street Offender given a caution
Apr 2026Drugs Harveyfields Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Brooker Road Local resolution
Apr 2026Possession of weapons Romeland Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Brooker Road Local resolution
Apr 2026Public order Barge Yard Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Public order Barge Yard Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences North Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Barge Yard Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Romeland Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Romeland Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Greenyard
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Greenyard Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Audley Gardens Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Audley Gardens Under investigation

Data Sources

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