Total Crime Rate
127.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
12.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Ibbotson Avenue 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 Ibbotson Avenue (E16 1JD) 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 area’s 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 (≈ 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 Ibbotson Avenue (E16 1JD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Brunel Street, where police recorded 145 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Beckton Road (53 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 | Mary Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Malmesbury Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Malmesbury Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Malmesbury Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Mary Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Mary Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Wren Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mary Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Malmesbury Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Tant Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Bernard Cassidy Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Bernard Cassidy Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Bernard Cassidy Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Maud Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Maud Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Mona Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Malmesbury Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Malmesbury Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Mona Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Murdock Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Tarling Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Sports/Recreation Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Sports/Recreation Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Rogers Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Scoulding Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Beckton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Murdock Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Mary Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Mary Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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