Total Crime Rate
100.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
39.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Sewardstone 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.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Barge Yard | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Orchard Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rue De St Lawrence | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cartersfield Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Cartersfield Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Cartersfield Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Harveyfields | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Fountain Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Silver Street | Offender given a caution |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Harveyfields | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Brooker Road | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Romeland | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Brooker Road | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Barge Yard | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Barge Yard | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | North Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Barge Yard | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Romeland | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Romeland | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Greenyard | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Greenyard | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Audley Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Audley Gardens | Under investigation |
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