Total Crime Rate
128.9 per 1,000
All offences Β· May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
19.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Chesterton Road area has the 26th highest crime rate of 72 local areas in Plaistow North , and the 312th highest 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 8BB) in the last 12 months was 128.9 per 1,000 residents and was 19.7% higher 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 15 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 66.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 5 (β 19.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -28.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 4.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Chesterton Road (E13 8BB), 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 | Robbery | Dongola Road West | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Upper Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | The Broadway | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | London Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Balaam Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Richmond Street | β |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Richmond Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Atlas Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | James Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Gordon Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Richmond Street | β |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fenton'S Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Grant Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| 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 | Anti-social behaviour | Chesterton Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Richmond Street | β |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Colne Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Chesterton Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Herbert Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Grant Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Grant Street | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Winifred Terrace | β |
| 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 | Richmond Street | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Chesterton Terrace | β |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Victoria Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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