Total Crime Rate

45.0 per 1,000 4/10 · Low

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 45.0 4/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 14.4 4/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 10.8 5/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 7.2 6/10
  • Other theft 7.2 6/10
  • Robbery 1.8 1/10
  • Theft from the person 1.8 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 1.8 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 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

St Johns Road area has the 3rd lowest crime rate of 21 local areas in Canning Town South , and the 126th lowest crime rate of 762 local areas in Newham .

At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around St Johns Road (E16 1NS) in the last 12 months was 45.0 per 1,000 residents and was 79.2% lower than the Canning Town South average (215.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 8 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -83.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 9 (≈ 16.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -43.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -5.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around St Johns Road (E16 1NS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Robertson Road, where police recorded 42 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Lawrence Street (13 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

Crime Over Time in St Johns Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Theft from the person Forty Acre Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bothwell Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Goldwing Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Fife Road
Sep 2025Other crime Reed Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Reed Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Fox Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Ashburton Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Cooper Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cooper Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Murdock Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Munday Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Bothwell Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Bothwell Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Monk Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Goldwing Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Formunt Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Vincent Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Vincent Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Edwin Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Forty Acre Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Forty Acre Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Ibbotson Avenue
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Pollard Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Edwin Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Edwin Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Edwin Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Edwin Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Edwin Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Goldwing Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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