Total Crime Rate
435.3 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Greenyard area has the highest crime rate of 74 local areas in Waltham Abbey North , and the 6th highest crime rate of 376 local areas in Epping Forest .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Greenyard (EN9 1RH) in the last 12 months was 435.3 per 1,000 residents and was 438.4% 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 Shoplifting with 29 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -37.5% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 39 (≈ 152.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -11.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -42.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Greenyard (EN9 1RH), the main crime hotspot is near Grove Court. Police recorded 83 crimes here, including 23 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Church Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Plantaganet Place | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Grove Court | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Grove Court | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Sun Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Winchester Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Fountain Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Barge Yard | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Cornmill | — |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Abbey Court | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Greenyard | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Walton Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Plantaganet Place | — |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Grove Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Silver Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Orchard Gardens | — |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Romeland | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Romeland | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | B194 | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | B194 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Orchard Gardens | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Brooker Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Paradise Road | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Paradise Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Grove Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Winchester Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Grove Court | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Church Street | Under investigation |
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