Total Crime Rate

183.5 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 183.5 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 67.3 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 48.9 10/10
  • Theft from the person 15.3 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 12.2 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 9.2 7/10
  • Robbery 9.2 9/10
  • Burglary 6.1 6/10
  • Other theft 6.1 6/10
  • Public order 6.1 5/10
  • Other crime 3.1 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

High Street area has the 16th highest crime rate of 74 local areas in Plaistow North , and the 181st 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 High Street (E13 0AJ) in the last 12 months was 183.5 per 1,000 residents and was 69.8% higher than the Plaistow North average (108.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 22 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Theft from the person ( 150.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 27 (≈ 82.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 35.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 63.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around High Street (E13 0AJ), the main crime hotspot is near Parking Area. Police recorded 235 crimes here, including 28 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

Crime Over Time in High Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Burglary Wattsdown Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Ashburton Terrace Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Stirling Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Theft from the person High Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Atlas Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Atlas Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Atlas Road
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Middle Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson London Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson London Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Ashburton Terrace
Sep 2025Shoplifting Ashburton Terrace Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Ashburton Terrace Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Ashburton Terrace Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Ashburton Terrace Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Plaistow Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Ashburton Terrace Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Ashburton Terrace Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Upper Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Upper Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Upper Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Upper Road Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Ashburton Terrace Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Ashburton Terrace Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Ashburton Terrace Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Watson Street
Sep 2025Shoplifting Ashburton Terrace Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences May Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime May Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Plaistow Road Under investigation

Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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