Total Crime Rate
59.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
17.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026New City Road area has the 21st lowest crime rate of 72 local areas in Plaistow North , and the 167th lowest crime rate of 745 local areas in Newham .
At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around New City Road (E13 9QD) in the last 12 months was 59.7 per 1,000 residents and was 44.5% lower 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 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Robbery ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 7 (≈ 17.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -30.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -69.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around New City Road (E13 9QD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Glen Road, where police recorded 253 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Cherry Tree Way (202 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Patrick Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Glen Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Glen Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Glen Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Glen Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Tunmarsh Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Tunmarsh Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Benson Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Glen Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Glen Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Glen Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Glen Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Haig Road East | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Benson Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Benson Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Glen Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Glen Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Glen Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Blenheim Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Glen Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Glen Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Glen Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Glen Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Sutton Court Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Boundary Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Humberstone Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Humberstone Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Welbeck Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Wilson Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Wilson Road | Under investigation |
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