Total Crime Rate
361.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
133.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Surrey Street area has the 5th highest crime rate of 72 local areas in Plaistow North , and the 70th 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 Surrey Street (E13 8RN) in the last 12 months was 361.2 per 1,000 residents and was 235.5% 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 39 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 2 cases , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 83.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -30.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 59 (≈ 133.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -64.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Surrey Street (E13 8RN), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Larch Close, where police recorded 70 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Barking Road (27 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 | Other theft | Greengate Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Surrey Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Larch Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Davis Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ellie Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Ellie Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Ellie Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Davis Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Crofton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wanlip Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Larch Close | Under investigation |
| 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 | Barking Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Barking Road | 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 | Other theft | Barking Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Larch Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Larch Close | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Barking Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Tunmarsh Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Dragonfly Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Sussex Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sussex Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | St Clair Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | St Clair Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Upperton Road West | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Upperton Road West | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Tunmarsh Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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