Total Crime Rate
114.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
24.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Exeter Road area has the 7th highest crime rate of 21 local areas in Canning Town South , and the 359th 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 Exeter Road (E16 1GP) in the last 12 months was 114.1 per 1,000 residents and was 43.0% 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 15 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 11 (≈ 24.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -8.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 114.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Exeter Road (E16 1GP), 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 | Violence and sexual offences | 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 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Eclipse Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Eclipse Road | 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 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Edwin Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Edwin Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Edwin Street | — |
| 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 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Reed Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Forty Acre Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Robertson Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Robertson Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Robertson Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fife Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fife Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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