Total Crime Rate
127.7 per 1,000
All offences Β· May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
12.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026St Lukes Square area has the 34th lowest crime rate of 72 local areas in Canning Town North , and the 316th highest crime rate of 745 local areas in Newham .
Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.
The overall crime rate in the area around St Lukes Square (E16 1HT) in the last 12 months was 127.7 per 1,000 residents and was 30.4% lower than the Canning Town North average (183.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this areaβs most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 39 offences recorded. The least common crime was Public order with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Theft from the person ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Robbery ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 7 (β 12.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -30.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -8.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around St Lukes Square (E16 1HT), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Tidal Basin Road, where police recorded 149 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Clarkson Road (30 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Canning Town South| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Ruscoe Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Tidal Basin Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Tidal Basin Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Tidal Basin Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Tidal Basin Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Tidal Basin Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Tidal Basin Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Tidal Basin Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Tidal Basin Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Tidal Basin Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Tarling Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Huntingdon Street | β |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Ruscoe Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Silvertown Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Tidal Basin Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Turner Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Turner Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Turner Street | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Turner Street | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Turner Street | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Turner Street | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Turner Street | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Turner Street | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Turner Street | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Ford Street | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hoy Street | β |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Caxton Street North | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Caxton Street North | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Tidal Basin Road | β |
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