Total Crime Rate
349.0 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Victoria Dock Road area has the 14th highest crime rate of 73 local areas in Canning Town North , and the 68th highest crime rate of 762 local areas in Newham .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Victoria Dock Road (E16 1DA) in the last 12 months was 349.0 per 1,000 residents and was 86.8% higher than the Canning Town North average (186.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 18 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Theft from the person ( -62.5% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 26 (≈ 135.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -40.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 58.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Victoria Dock Road (E16 1DA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Brunel Street, where police recorded 101 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Lower Lea Crossing (46 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Canning Town North| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Rathbone Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Turner Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lower Lea Crossing | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lower Lea Crossing | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lower Lea Crossing | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Lower Lea Crossing | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Lower Lea Crossing | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Lower Lea Crossing | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Turner Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Turner Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Turner Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Emily Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Turner Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Clarkson Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Clarkson Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Clarkson Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Clarkson Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Wouldham Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Wouldham Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Rathbone Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Turner Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Emily Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Emily Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Rathbone Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Hoy Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Clarkson Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Clarkson Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Clarkson Road | Formal action is not in the public interest |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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