Total Crime Rate
45.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
18.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Thorne Close area has the 4th lowest crime rate of 72 local areas in Canning Town North , and the 102nd lowest crime rate of 745 local areas in Newham .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Thorne Close (E16 1LP) in the last 12 months was 45.7 per 1,000 residents and was 75.1% 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 Violence and sexual offences with 5 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 6 (≈ 18.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 20.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -80.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Thorne Close (E16 1LP), the main crime hotspot is near Edwin Street. Police recorded 57 crimes here, including 26 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Canning Town South| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | St Thomas Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Plymouth Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Edwin Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Edwin Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Bothwell Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Exeter Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hastings Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Hastings Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hastings Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hastings Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Reed Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Edwin Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Fox Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Scoulding Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Murdock Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Murdock Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Vincent Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Vincent Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Wren Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Bernard Cassidy Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Edwin Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Edwin Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Bernard Cassidy Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lawrence Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fife Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fife Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fife Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fife Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Fife Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Forty Acre Lane | Under investigation |
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