Total Crime Rate
125.9 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Ruscoe 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.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Ruscoe Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Brunel Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Clarkson Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Clarkson Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Clarkson Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Clarkson Road | Formal action is not in the public interest |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Clarkson Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Clarkson Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Brunel Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Brunel Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Brunel Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Wouldham Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Brunel Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Brunel Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Brunel Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Brunel Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Brunel Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Forty Acre Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Clarkson Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Wouldham Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Forty Acre Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Ibbotson Avenue | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Petra Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Petra Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Thorne Close | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Beckton Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Beckton Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Beckton Road | Under investigation |
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