Crime Rate in Stratford, ward

Stratford has the 2nd highest crime rate of 24 wards in Newham district and the 170th highest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (London), it has the 43rd highest crime rate of 704 wards.

The overall crime rate in Stratford in the last 12 months was 253.3 per 1,000 residents and was 81.2% higher than the Newham district average (139.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Stratford’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 857 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 37 cases , up 68.2% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 68.2% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -21.5% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 1,357 (≈ 82.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( -1.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -39.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Stratford ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near Litchfield Avenue, with 783 recorded incidents. Violent and public-order offences happen most frequently around Tramway Avenue (111 offences). Both locations are situated within roughly 0.3 miles of each other.