Crime Rate in Canning Town North, ward

Canning Town North has the 5th highest crime rate of 24 wards in Newham district and the 359th highest crime rate ward of 7,541 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (London), it has the 89th highest crime rate of 703 wards.

The overall crime rate in Canning Town North in the last 12 months was 182.2 per 1,000 residents and was 28.3% higher than the Newham district average (142.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Canning Town North’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 479 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 8 cases , down -11.1% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 15.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Possession of weapons ( -11.1% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 681 (≈ 57.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 2.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -37.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Canning Town North ward, the main local crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 223 crimes here, including 60 violent or public-order offences. All of these hotspots lie within roughly 0.3 miles.