Total Crime Rate

145.1 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

37.9 per 1,000 7/10 · High

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 145.1 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 41.0 9/10
  • Violent crimes 37.9 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 31.6 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 28.4 10/10
  • Other theft 15.8 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 9.5 7/10
  • Burglary 6.3 7/10
  • Drugs 6.3 6/10
  • Public order 6.3 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 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

Hammersley 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.

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Crime Over Time in Hammersley Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Vehicle crime St Thomas Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Ling Road 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 2026Vehicle crime Tinto Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Robbery Forty Acre Lane Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Robbery Forty Acre Lane Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Forty Acre Lane Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Fife Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Fife Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Fife Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Avenons Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Avenons Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Fife Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Robertson Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Robertson Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Ingal Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Edwin Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Theft from the person Bothwell Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Exeter Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Hastings Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Hastings Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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