Total Crime Rate
289.4 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Memorial Avenue area has the 17th highest crime rate of 73 local areas in Canning Town North , and the 97th highest crime rate of 762 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 Memorial Avenue (E15 3BS) in the last 12 months was 289.4 per 1,000 residents and was 54.9% higher than the Canning Town North average (186.8 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 Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Robbery ( -14.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 20 (≈ 64.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 5.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 36.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Memorial Avenue (E15 3BS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Durban Road, where police recorded 64 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near West Ham (Dlr) (23 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Manor Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Richardson Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Durban Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Celandine Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Valerian Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Springfield Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Springfield Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Alan Hocken Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Pond Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Pond Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Germander Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Teasel Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Durban Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Durban Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Crows Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Memorial Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Memorial Avenue | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Memorial Avenue | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Wakelin Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Wakelin Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Durban Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Tom Nolan Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Springfield Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Teasel Way | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | West Ham | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Jack Clow Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Alden Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Alden Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Jack Clow Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Eve Road | — |
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