Total Crime Rate
53.7 per 1,000
All offences · Apr 2025 - Mar 2026Violent Crime Rate
20.5 per 1,000
Apr 2025 - Mar 2026Gawsworth Close area has the 9th lowest crime rate of 50 local areas in Forest Gate North , and the 140th lowest crime rate of 744 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 Gawsworth Close (E15 1RT) in the last 12 months was 53.7 per 1,000 residents and was 48.0% lower than the Forest Gate North average (103.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Other theft ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 8 (≈ 20.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -11.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -68.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Gawsworth Close (E15 1RT), the main crime hotspot is near Mcgrath Road. Police recorded 52 crimes here, including 15 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Maryland| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 2026 | Possession of weapons | Cruikshank Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Mar 2026 | Vehicle crime | Wilberforce Walk | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Mar 2026 | Vehicle crime | Cedars Road | Under investigation |
| Mar 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wilberforce Walk | Under investigation |
| Mar 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Alfred Road | Under investigation |
| Mar 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Idmiston Road | Under investigation |
| Mar 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Idmiston Road | — |
| Mar 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Buckingham Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Mar 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Buckingham Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Mar 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Buckingham Road | Under investigation |
| Mar 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Buckingham Road | Formal action is not in the public interest |
| Mar 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Buckingham Road | Under investigation |
| Mar 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wilberforce Walk | Under investigation |
| Mar 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wilberforce Walk | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Mar 2026 | Other theft | Janson Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Mar 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Janson Close | Under investigation |
| Mar 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Wilberforce Walk | Offender given a caution |
| Mar 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wilberforce Walk | Under investigation |
| Mar 2026 | Vehicle crime | Thorogood Gardens | Under investigation |
| Mar 2026 | Other theft | Cedars Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Mar 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Carnarvon Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Mar 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Albert Square | Under investigation |
| Mar 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Arundel Close | Under investigation |
| Mar 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Arundel Close | — |
| Mar 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Albert Square | Under investigation |
| Mar 2026 | Drugs | Thorogood Gardens | Under investigation |
| Mar 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Buxton Road | Under investigation |
| Mar 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Janson Road | — |
| Mar 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Louise Road | — |
| Mar 2026 | Theft from the person | Warner Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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