Total Crime Rate
13.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
4.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Robertson Road area has the lowest crime rate of 19 local areas in Custom House , and the 10th 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 1FT) in the last 12 months was 13.9 per 1,000 residents and was 90.7% lower than the Custom House average (148.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Other theft with 1 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 1 (≈ 4.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -82.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Robertson Road (E16 1FT), 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.
View Crime In Custom House| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fife Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Edwin Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Hammersley Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Edwin Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Edwin Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Edwin Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Edwin Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Edwin Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Edwin Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Edwin Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Vanguard Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Exeter Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hastings Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Hastings Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hastings Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hastings Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Plymouth Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Reed Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Fox Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kildare Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Ling Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fife Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Eclipse Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Eclipse Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Lowe Avenue | Under investigation |
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