Total Crime Rate
541.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
159.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Barking Road area has the 7th highest crime rate of 72 local areas in Canning Town North , and the 35th highest crime rate of 745 local areas in Newham .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Barking Road (E16 1GR) in the last 12 months was 541.0 per 1,000 residents and was 194.9% higher than the Canning Town North average (183.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 77 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 25.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -37.5% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 95 (≈ 159.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -8.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has flat ( 0.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Barking Road (E16 1GR), the main crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 224 crimes here, including 58 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Canning Town North| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Canning Town Bus Station | — |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Liverpool Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Petra Way | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Petra Way | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Petra Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Petra Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Petra Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Petra Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Petra Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Liverpool Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Malmesbury Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Comyns Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mary Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Mary Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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