Total Crime Rate

126.8 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

48.8 per 1,000 8/10 · High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 126.8 8/10
  • Violent crimes 48.8 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 48.8 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 24.4 10/10
  • Drugs 12.2 9/10
  • Shoplifting 12.2 6/10
  • Other theft 9.8 8/10
  • Theft from the person 9.8 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 7.3 6/10
  • Burglary 2.4 1/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Water Lane area has the 18th lowest crime rate of 48 local areas in Maryland , and the 322nd highest crime rate of 745 local areas in Newham .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Water Lane (E15 4LU) in the last 12 months was 126.8 per 1,000 residents and was 16.8% lower than the Maryland average (152.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 20 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 150.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -58.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 20 (≈ 48.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 5.3% ).

In the area around Water Lane (E15 4LU), the main crime hotspot is near Litchfield Avenue. Police recorded 514 crimes here, including 48 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Water Lane area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/157)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Public order Water Lane Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Water Lane —
Apr 2026Theft from the person Deanery Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Theft from the person Deanery Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Deanery Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Holness Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Holness Road —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Holness Road —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Vicarage Road —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Water Lane —
Apr 2026Burglary Water Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Deanery Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Water Lane Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Water Lane Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Vine Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Vine Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Vine Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Vine Road —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Vine Road —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Vine Road —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences The Common Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Water Lane —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Devenay Road —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Tennyson Road —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Tennyson Road —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Tennyson Road —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Tennyson Road —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Manbey Street —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Manbey Street —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Manbey Street —
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Data Sources

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