Total Crime Rate
170.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
81.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Dirleton Road area has the 33rd highest crime rate of 89 local areas in Forest Gate South , and the 231st 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 Dirleton Road (E15 3QQ) in the last 12 months was 170.2 per 1,000 residents and was 5.9% lower than the Forest Gate South average (180.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 24 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Theft from the person ( -40.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 35 (≈ 81.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -7.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -38.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Dirleton Road (E15 3QQ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Willis Road, where police recorded 59 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Ladywell Street (20 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In West Ham| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Chaplin Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Hay Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Vine Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Marcus Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Devenay Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Willis Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Church Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Church Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Church Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Church Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Devenay Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chaplin Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Liddington Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Liddington Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | St Lucia Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Hay Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Willis Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hay Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Willis Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Willis Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Govier Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Gillman Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Geere Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Geere Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Geere Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Willis Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Moorey Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Moorey Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Byford Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Moorey Close | Under investigation |
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