Total Crime Rate
37.4 per 1,000
All offences Β· May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
2.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026First Avenue area has the 10th lowest crime rate of 72 local areas in Plaistow North , and the 68th lowest crime rate of 745 local areas in Newham .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around First Avenue (E13 8AR) in the last 12 months was 37.4 per 1,000 residents and was 65.3% lower than the Plaistow North average (107.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this areaβs most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Violent crimes with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 1 (β 2.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -41.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around First Avenue (E13 8AR), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Ashburton Terrace, where police recorded 92 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 | Theft from the person | Suffolk Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | London Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Herbert Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Bob Anker Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Third Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Grant Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Grant Street | β |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Kennedy Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| 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 | Anti-social behaviour | Upper Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sewell Street | β |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Morse Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Florence Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Grange Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Emma Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Grasmere Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Grasmere Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Grasmere Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Grasmere Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Ashburton Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Clegg Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sewell Street | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sewell Street | β |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ayres Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Atlas Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Grant Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Winifred Terrace | β |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Winifred Terrace | Under investigation |
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