Crime Rate in East Ham, ward

East Ham has the 3rd highest crime rate of 24 wards in Newham district and the 268th highest crime rate ward of 7,541 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (London), it has the 64th highest crime rate of 703 wards.

The overall crime rate in East Ham in the last 12 months was 205.8 per 1,000 residents and was 44.9% higher than the Newham district average (142.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, East Ham’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 674 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 23 cases , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 33.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Theft from the person ( -8.5% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 1,028 (≈ 66.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 5.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -33.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the East Ham ward, the main local crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 460 crimes here, including 131 violent or public-order offences. All of these hotspots lie within roughly 0.3 miles.