Total Crime Rate
170.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
81.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Meeson 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 Meeson Road (E15 4AP) 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 Meeson Road (E15 4AP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Church Street, where police recorded 49 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 | Vehicle crime | Ladywell Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Plaistow Grove | — |
| 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 | Other theft | Liddington Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Liddington Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ladywell Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ladywell Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Welfare Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Vicarage Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Ladywell Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Byford Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Plaistow Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Amity Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hay Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | John Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Fairland Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Cridland Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | White Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | White Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | White Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Fairland Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Dirleton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Caistor Park Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | St Lucia Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Gillman Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Marcus Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Marcus Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Govier Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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