Total Crime Rate
149.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
74.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Cartersfield Road area has the 16th highest crime rate of 74 local areas in Waltham Abbey North , and the 39th highest crime rate of 374 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 Cartersfield Road (EN9 1JD) in the last 12 months was 149.4 per 1,000 residents and was 94.8% 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 22 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 83.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -20.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 26 (≈ 74.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 73.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -58.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Cartersfield Road (EN9 1JD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 49 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Harveyfields (18 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Audley Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rue De St Lawrence | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Petrol Station | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cartersfield Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Cartersfield Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Harveyfields | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Harveyfields | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Orchard Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Brooker Road | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Brooker Road | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Audley Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Cartersfield Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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