Total Crime Rate

313.8 per 1,000 10/10 · Very 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 313.8 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 79.8 9/10
  • Other theft 53.2 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 42.6 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 37.2 10/10
  • Burglary 31.9 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 26.6 8/10
  • Theft from the person 26.6 10/10
  • Drugs 5.3 6/10
  • Other crime 5.3 7/10
  • Robbery 5.3 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 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

Rathbone Street area has the 16th highest crime rate of 73 local areas in Canning Town North , and the 82nd highest crime rate of 762 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 Rathbone Street (E16 1JJ) in the last 12 months was 313.8 per 1,000 residents and was 68.0% higher than the Canning Town North average (186.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 15 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 166.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 16 (≈ 85.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 45.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 17.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Rathbone Street (E16 1JJ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Bus/Coach Station, where police recorded 450 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Supermarket (61 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

Crime Over Time in Rathbone Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Theft from the person Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Beckton Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Beckton Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Beckton Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Beckton Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cooper Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Cooper Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Caxton Street North Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Burke Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Caxton Street North Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Caxton Street North Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Burke Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Beckton Road
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Maud Street
Sep 2025Other theft Caxton Street North Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Aviary Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Bus/Coach Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Bus/Coach Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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