Crime Rate in Stratford, ward

Stratford has the 2nd highest crime rate of 24 wards in Newham district and the 166th highest crime rate ward of 7,541 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (London), it has the 43rd highest crime rate of 703 wards.

The overall crime rate in Stratford in the last 12 months was 248.1 per 1,000 residents and was 74.6% higher than the Newham district average (142.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Stratford’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 861 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 27 cases , down -15.6% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 16.2% YoY). The sharpest decline was Possession of weapons ( -15.6% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 1,310 (≈ 79.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 1.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -63.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Stratford ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near Litchfield Avenue, with 549 recorded incidents. Violent and public-order offences happen most frequently around Tramway Avenue (120 offences). Both locations are situated within roughly 0.3 miles of each other.