Crime Rate in Custom House, ward

Custom House has the 9th highest crime rate of 24 wards in Newham district and the 781st highest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (London), it has the 169th highest crime rate of 704 wards.

The overall crime rate in Custom House in the last 12 months was 138.7 per 1,000 residents and was 0.8% lower than the Newham district average (139.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Custom House’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 599 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 14 cases , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 69.4% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -42.4% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 785 (≈ 43.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 17.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -16.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Custom House ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near Petrol Station, with 195 recorded incidents. Violent and public-order offences happen most frequently around Parking Area (27 offences). Both locations are situated within roughly 0.3 miles of each other.