Total Crime Rate
143.4 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Brooker Road area has the 13th highest crime rate of 74 local areas in Waltham Abbey North , and the 38th highest crime rate of 376 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 Brooker Road (EN9 1JH) in the last 12 months was 143.4 per 1,000 residents and was 77.3% 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 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -71.4% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 12 (≈ 44.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 20.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -83.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Brooker Road (EN9 1JH), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Brooker Road, where police recorded 23 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Fountain Place (9 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Orchard Gardens | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Sports/Recreation Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cartersfield Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| 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 | Vehicle crime | Harveyfields | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Harveyfields | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Harveyfields | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Brooker Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Woollard Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Woollard Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Sports/Recreation Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Fountain Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Orchard Gardens | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Fountain Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Fountain Place | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Fountain Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Fountain Place | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cartersfield Road | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Fountain Place | Awaiting court outcome |
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