Total Crime Rate
196.8 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Sherrard Road area has the 22nd highest crime rate of 91 local areas in Forest Gate South , and the 160th highest crime rate of 762 local areas in Newham .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Sherrard Road (E12 6UG) 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 16 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -71.4% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 19 (≈ 60.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 26.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -28.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Sherrard Road (E12 6UG), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Petrol Station, where police recorded 73 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Queensberry Place (20 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Sherrard Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Strone Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bath Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Bath Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Quakers Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Strone Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Strone Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Colston Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Quakers Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Strone Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Halley Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Saints Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Saints Drive | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shrewsbury Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shrewsbury Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Shrewsbury Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Shrewsbury Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Sherrard Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Sherrard Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Sherrard Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Albany Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Quakers Place | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Tenbury Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bluebell Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Tenbury Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Queensberry Place | Under investigation |
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