Crime Rate in Plashet, ward

Plashet has the lowest crime rate of 24 wards in Newham district and the 3388th highest crime rate ward of 7,541 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (London), it has the 148th lowest crime rate of 703 wards.

The overall crime rate in Plashet in the last 12 months was 68.0 per 1,000 residents and was 52.1% lower than the Newham district average (142.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Plashet’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 247 offences recorded. The least common crime was Shoplifting with 3 cases , up 50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -17.6% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 326 (≈ 25.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 5.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -48.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Plashet ward, the main local crime hotspot is near Tennyson Avenue. Police recorded 158 crimes here, including 46 violent or public-order offences. All of these hotspots lie within roughly 0.3 miles.