Total Crime Rate
145.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
37.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Hammersley Road area has the 4th highest crime rate of 19 local areas in Custom House , and the 268th highest crime rate of 745 local areas in Newham .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Hammersley Road (E16 1FX) in the last 12 months was 145.1 per 1,000 residents and was 2.3% lower than the Custom House average (148.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 2 cases , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 350.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -53.6% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 12 (≈ 37.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 50.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -13.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Hammersley Road (E16 1FX), 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 | Vehicle crime | St Thomas Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Ling Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | 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 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Tinto Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Forty Acre Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Forty Acre Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Forty Acre Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fife Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fife Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fife Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Avenons Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Avenons Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fife Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Robertson Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Robertson Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Ingal Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Edwin Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Bothwell 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 |
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