Total Crime Rate
74.7 per 1,000
All offences Β· May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
10.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Vicarage Road area has the 24th lowest crime rate of 89 local areas in Forest Gate South , and the 236th lowest crime rate of 745 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 Vicarage Road (E15 4HD) in the last 12 months was 74.7 per 1,000 residents and was 58.7% lower than the Forest Gate South average (180.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this areaβs most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 16 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 4 (β 10.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 100.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -44.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Vicarage Road (E15 4HD), the main crime hotspot is near Hamfrith Road. Police recorded 202 crimes here, including 61 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Forest Gate South| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hamfrith Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Further/Higher Educational Building | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Vaughan Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Vaughan Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Vine Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Vine Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Vine Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Vine Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Vine Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Hartland Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Vicarage Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Vicarage Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Skelley Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Vaughan Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Holness Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Holness Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Holness Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Edward Temme Avenue | β |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Fairland Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | The Common | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hamfrith Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | White Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | White Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Ferns Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Flint Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Vaughan Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Vine Road | β |
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