Total Crime Rate
96.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
18.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Rayleigh Road area has the 15th lowest crime rate of 39 local areas in Royal Albert , and the 322nd lowest 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 Rayleigh Road (E16 1AX) in the last 12 months was 96.7 per 1,000 residents and was 2.8% higher than the Royal Albert average (94.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 8 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -62.5% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 5 (≈ 18.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -44.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -24.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Rayleigh Road (E16 1AX), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Petrol Station, where police recorded 98 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Cunnigham Avenue (26 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Royal Victoria| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Conference/Exhibition Centre | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Portsmouth Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Julia Garfield Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Julia Garfield Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Fort Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Fort Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Pirie Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pirie Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pirie Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Portsmouth Mews | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Portsmouth Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Regalia Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Regalia Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Rayleigh Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Rayleigh Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Cunnigham Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Cunnigham Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Cunnigham Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Cunnigham Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cunnigham Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | North Woolwich Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | North Woolwich Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | North Woolwich Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Hospital | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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