Total Crime Rate
190.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
84.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Second Avenue area has the 17th highest crime rate of 72 local areas in Plaistow North , and the 191st 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 Second Avenue (E13 8AS) in the last 12 months was 190.1 per 1,000 residents and was 76.6% higher than the Plaistow North average (107.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 41 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -19.4% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 48 (≈ 84.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 14.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -18.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Second Avenue (E13 8AS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Sewell Street, where police recorded 46 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 | Atlas Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | The Broadway | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Chesterton Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | The Broadway | Under investigation |
| 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 | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Richmond Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Richmond Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Richmond Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Richmond Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Howard'S Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Upper Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fenton'S Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | First Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Morse Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Liddon Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Liddon Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Rowntree Clifford Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Bob Anker Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Chesterton Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Richmond Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Meredith Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Victoria Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Gordon Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Balaam Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fenton'S Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Colne Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | James Close | Under investigation |
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