Total Crime Rate
196.8 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Snowshill Road area has the 21st highest crime rate of 91 local areas in Forest Gate South , and the 159th highest crime rate of 762 local areas in Newham .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Snowshill Road (E12 6BF) in the last 12 months was 196.8 per 1,000 residents and was 28.8% higher than the Forest Gate South average (152.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 43 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Theft from the person ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 39 (≈ 68.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 50.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -17.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Snowshill Road (E12 6BF), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Petrol Station, where police recorded 95 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near High Street North (44 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Carlyle Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Marabou Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cranbourne Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cranbourne Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cranbourne Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Greenhill Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Greenhill Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Coleridge Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | First Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Snowshill Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Meanley Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Nine Acres Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Snowshill Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Berkeley Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Marabou Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Marabou Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Second Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Warwick Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Herbert Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Herbert Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | High Street North | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | High Street North | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | High Street North | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | High Street North | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | High Street North | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Herbert Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Herbert Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Herbert Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Stanley Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Herbert Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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