Total Crime Rate
158.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
44.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Wilmer Lea Close area has the 22nd lowest crime rate of 48 local areas in Maryland , and the 249th 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 Wilmer Lea Close (E15 2HR) in the last 12 months was 158.3 per 1,000 residents and was 3.8% higher than the Maryland average (152.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 17 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 66.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Robbery ( -57.1% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 22 (≈ 44.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -37.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -40.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Wilmer Lea Close (E15 2HR), the main crime hotspot is near Shopping Area. Police recorded 766 crimes here, including 131 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Stratford| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Stratford | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | New Mount Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Montfichet Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | New Mount Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Montfichet Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Stratford Bus Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Carpenters Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Montfichet Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Montfichet Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Gibbins Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Stratford Bus Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Docklands Light Railway | — |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Ward Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Ward Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Ward Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Stratford Bus Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Montfichet Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Montfichet Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Montfichet Road | — |
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