Total Crime Rate

37.6 per 1,000 4/10 · Low

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

12.5 per 1,000 3/10 · Low

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 37.6 4/10
  • Violent crimes 12.5 3/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 10.4 5/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 10.4 3/10
  • Vehicle crime 6.3 6/10
  • Other theft 4.2 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 2.1 1/10
  • Drugs 2.1 1/10
  • Public order 2.1 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Robertson Road area has the 2nd lowest crime rate of 21 local areas in Canning Town South , and the 70th 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 Robertson Road (E16 1FS) in the last 12 months was 37.6 per 1,000 residents and was 81.2% lower than the Canning Town South average (200.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 5 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -25.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 6 (≈ 12.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 100.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -60.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Robertson Road (E16 1FS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Petrol Station, where police recorded 315 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Edwin Street (26 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Robertson Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Vehicle crime St Thomas Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Robbery Forty Acre Lane Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Petrol Station Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Shoplifting Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Robbery Forty Acre Lane Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Forty Acre Lane Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Theft from the person Fife Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Fife Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Tinto Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Fife Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Fife Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Ling Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Robertson Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Robertson Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Avenons Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Kildare Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Shoplifting Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Robertson Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Exeter Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Burglary Vanguard Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Edwin Street
Apr 2026Drugs Edwin Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Edwin Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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