Total Crime Rate
23.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
8.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Olive Road area has the 4th lowest crime rate of 72 local areas in Plaistow North , and the 26th lowest crime rate of 745 local areas in Newham .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Olive Road (E13 9PU) in the last 12 months was 23.9 per 1,000 residents and was 77.8% lower than the Plaistow North average (107.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Vehicle crime with 3 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -40.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 4 (≈ 8.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -20.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -55.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Olive Road (E13 9PU), the main crime hotspot is near Imperial Mews. Police recorded 77 crimes here, including 28 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Plaistow South| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Central Park Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | New City Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Castle Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Castle Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Castle Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Castle Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Castle Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Castle Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Castle Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Castle Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | New City Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | New City Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Boundary Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | New City Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Sutton Court Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Haig Road East | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Tunmarsh Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Tunmarsh Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Green Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Haig Road West | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Haig Road West | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Haig Road West | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Upperton Road West | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Central Park Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Coronation Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Boundary Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Grosvenor Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | New City Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Olive Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Olive Road | Under investigation |
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