Total Crime Rate

125.9 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 125.9 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 65.6 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 14.2 4/10
  • Vehicle crime 10.6 8/10
  • Burglary 8.9 8/10
  • Other theft 7.1 6/10
  • Drugs 5.3 6/10
  • Other crime 3.6 5/10
  • Robbery 3.6 5/10
  • Theft from the person 3.6 5/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 1.8 1/10
  • Public order 1.8 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Ruscoe Road area has the 37th lowest crime rate of 73 local areas in Canning Town North , and the 292nd highest crime rate of 762 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 Ruscoe Road (E16 1JA) in the last 12 months was 125.9 per 1,000 residents and was 32.6% lower than the Canning Town North average (186.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 37 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 400.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -46.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 11 (≈ 19.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -31.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 42.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Ruscoe Road (E16 1JA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Mona Street, where police recorded 101 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Beckton Road (33 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

Crime Over Time in Ruscoe Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Robbery Ruscoe Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Brunel Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Clarkson Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Clarkson Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Clarkson Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Clarkson Road Formal action is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Clarkson Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Clarkson Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Brunel Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Brunel Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Brunel Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Wouldham Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Brunel Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Brunel Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Brunel Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Brunel Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Brunel Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Theft from the person Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Forty Acre Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Clarkson Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Wouldham Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Forty Acre Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Ibbotson Avenue
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Petra Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Petra Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Thorne Close Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Beckton Road
Sep 2025Burglary Beckton Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Beckton Road Under investigation

Data Sources

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