Total Crime Rate
316.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
113.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Richmond Street area has the 7th highest crime rate of 72 local areas in Plaistow North , and the 82nd 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 Richmond Street (E13 9AA) in the last 12 months was 316.7 per 1,000 residents and was 194.2% higher than the Plaistow North average (107.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 40 offences recorded. The least common crime was Shoplifting with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 50 (≈ 113.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 19.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 36.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Richmond Street (E13 9AA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Ashburton Terrace, where police recorded 92 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Plaistow Park Road (25 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Plaistow North| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Kennedy Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Dimsdale Walk | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Chesterton Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Chesterton Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Howard'S Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Clegg Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Stopford Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Glasgow Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Bob Anker Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dimsdale Walk | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Dimsdale Walk | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Dimsdale Walk | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Chesterton Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Dimsdale Walk | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Dimsdale Walk | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Dimsdale Walk | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | James Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Stirling Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Herbert Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Stirling Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Reindeer Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Reindeer Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Chesterton Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Atlas Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Richmond Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Winifred Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Queen'S Road West | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | St Mary'S Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Plaistow Park Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Plaistow Park Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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