Total Crime Rate
301.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
125.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Cecil Road area has the 11th highest crime rate of 89 local areas in Forest Gate South , and the 87th highest crime rate of 745 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 Cecil Road (E13 0LX) in the last 12 months was 301.9 per 1,000 residents and was 66.9% higher than the Forest Gate South average (180.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 48 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 53 (≈ 125.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 10.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 23.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Cecil Road (E13 0LX), the main crime hotspot is near Brook'S Road. Police recorded 83 crimes here, including 33 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Plaistow North| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Upton Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Fothergill Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Crescent Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Reindeer Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Reindeer Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Upton Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Stopford Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Fothergill Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Crescent Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Dimsdale Walk | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Queen'S Road West | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Kingsley Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Pawsey Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pawsey Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Kingsley Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Selwyn Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Dacre Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Dimsdale Walk | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Dimsdale Walk | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Brook'S Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Park Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | East Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Lancaster Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Lancaster Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Terrace Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Terrace Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Terrace Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Park Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Dimsdale Walk | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Stopford Road | — |
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