Total Crime Rate
154.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
56.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Palmer Road area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 19 local areas in Custom House , and the 255th 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 Palmer Road (E13 8NU) in the last 12 months was 154.7 per 1,000 residents and was 4.1% higher than the Custom House average (148.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 25 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 21 (≈ 56.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -4.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -39.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Palmer Road (E13 8NU), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Larch Close, where police recorded 70 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Barclay Road (26 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Plaistow South| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Caraway Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Sports/Recreation Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wigston Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Wigston Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Prince Regent Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Prince Regent Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Prince Regent Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Salomons Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sports/Recreation Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wanlip Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Brock Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Brock Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Brock Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Brock Road | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Brock Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Holborn Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wanlip Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wanlip Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Jones Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Jenkins Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Botha Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Botha Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Alliance Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Maybury Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Barclay Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Applewood Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Further/Higher Educational Building | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Crofton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Further/Higher Educational Building | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Larch Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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