Total Crime Rate
29.2 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Hastings Road area has the lowest crime rate of 21 local areas in Canning Town South , and the 53rd lowest crime rate of 762 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 Hastings Road (E16 1GH) in the last 12 months was 29.2 per 1,000 residents and was 86.5% lower than the Canning Town South average (215.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 6 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -70.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 3 (≈ 6.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -75.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -35.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Hastings Road (E16 1GH), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Petrol Station, where police recorded 195 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Beeby Road (11 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Reed Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Pacific Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Forty Acre Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Forty Acre Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Ashburton Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Butchers Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Russell Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Fox Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Reed Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Fife Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Hastings Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Hastings Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Hastings Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Brent Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Vanguard Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Vanguard Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Vanguard Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Edwin Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
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