Total Crime Rate
96.3 per 1,000
All offences Β· May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
46.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Upper Road area has the 19th lowest crime rate of 72 local areas in Canning Town North , and the 320th lowest crime rate of 745 local areas in Newham .
At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Upper Road (E13 0EX) in the last 12 months was 96.3 per 1,000 residents and was 47.5% lower than the Canning Town North average (183.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this areaβs most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 16 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 19 (β 46.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 11.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -40.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Upper Road (E13 0EX), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Grant Street, where police recorded 34 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Second Avenue (21 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Plaistow West & Canning Town East| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Upper Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | London Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Chesterton Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Chesterton Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Chesterton Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Turnstone Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Turnstone Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Turnstone Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Turnstone Close | β |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Whitwell Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Grant Street | β |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Whitwell Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Whitwell Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Emma Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | First Avenue | β |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Grange Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Morse Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Howard'S Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Florence Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chargeable Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Chesterton Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Grant Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Chesterton Terrace | β |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Third Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Meredith Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Gordon Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Elim Way | β |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Suffolk Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Falcon Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Colne Street | Under investigation |
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