Total Crime Rate
16.8 per 1,000
All offences Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Dirleton Road area has the 3rd lowest crime rate of 74 local areas in Plaistow North , and the 21st lowest crime rate of 762 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 Dirleton Road (E15 3QH) in the last 12 months was 16.8 per 1,000 residents and was 84.4% lower than the Plaistow North average (108.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this areaβs most reported crimes were Burglary with 3 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 200.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.
Violent crimes totalled 1 (β 2.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -78.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Dirleton Road (E15 3QH), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Church Street, where police recorded 37 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Amity Road (18 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Willis Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hurry Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Holbrook Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Densham Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Devenay Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Church Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Church Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Liddington Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Portway | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Portway | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Geere Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Willis Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Willis Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Chaplin Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Portway | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Portway | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cridland Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Cridland Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Ranelagh Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Morton Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Caistor Park Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Meeson Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Vine Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Caistor Park Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Holbrook Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Chaplin Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Chaplin Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Chaplin Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Moorey Close | β |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Church Street North | Under investigation |
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