Total Crime Rate
84.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
45.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Chesterton Road area has the 34th lowest crime rate of 72 local areas in Plaistow North , and the 274th lowest crime rate of 745 local areas in Newham .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Chesterton Road (E13 8BA) in the last 12 months was 84.5 per 1,000 residents and was 21.5% lower 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 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violent crimes ( -13.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 13 (≈ 45.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -13.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -20.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Chesterton Road (E13 8BA), the main crime hotspot is near Parking Area. Police recorded 254 crimes here, including 44 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
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 | Public order | Grant Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Turnstone Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Turnstone Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Turnstone Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Turnstone Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Third Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Kennedy Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Grant Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Grant Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Upper Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Grant Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Winifred Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Winifred Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Chesterton Terrace | — |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Victoria Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Victoria Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Victoria Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | London Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Morse Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Colne Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Ashburton Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Grasmere Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Grasmere Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Grasmere Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Grasmere Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Formal action is not in the public interest |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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