Total Crime Rate

196.8 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 196.8 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 50.8 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 44.4 8/10
  • Shoplifting 38.1 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 19.1 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 15.9 9/10
  • Robbery 9.5 9/10
  • Other theft 6.4 6/10
  • Drugs 3.2 3/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.2 4/10
  • Public order 3.2 2/10
  • Theft from the person 3.2 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Sherrard 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.

Crime Over Time in Sherrard Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Sherrard Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Strone Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bath Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Bath Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Quakers Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Strone Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Strone Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Colston Road
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Quakers Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Strone Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Halley Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Saints Drive Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Saints Drive
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shrewsbury Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shrewsbury Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Shrewsbury Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Shrewsbury Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sherrard Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sherrard Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Sherrard Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Albany Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Quakers Place
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Tenbury Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bluebell Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Tenbury Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Queensberry Place Under investigation

Data Sources

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