Total Crime Rate
106.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
58.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Fox Close area has the 10th highest crime rate of 21 local areas in Canning Town South , and the 362nd lowest crime rate of 745 local areas in Newham .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Fox Close (E16 1NU) in the last 12 months was 106.1 per 1,000 residents and was 47.0% lower than the Canning Town South average (200.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 18 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 2 cases , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -25.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 22 (≈ 58.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 4.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -65.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Fox Close (E16 1NU), 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 Custom House| 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 | Other theft | Edwin Street | 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Edwin Street | Under investigation |
| 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Kildare Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Bernard Cassidy Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | 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 | Robbery | Forty Acre Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Cooper Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Cooper Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Cooper Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Cooper Street | Under investigation |
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