Total Crime Rate

106.1 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

58.4 per 1,000 8/10 · High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 106.1 8/10
  • Violent crimes 58.4 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 47.8 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 15.9 9/10
  • Public order 10.6 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 8.0 4/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 8.0 6/10
  • Burglary 5.3 6/10
  • Other crime 5.3 7/10
  • Other theft 5.3 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Fox 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.

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Crime Over Time in Fox Close area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Vehicle crime St Thomas Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Burglary Plymouth Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Edwin Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Drugs Edwin Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Edwin Street
Apr 2026Theft from the person Bothwell Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Exeter Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Hastings Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Hastings Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Hastings Road
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Hastings Road
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Reed Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Edwin Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Fox Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Scoulding Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Murdock Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Murdock Close
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Vincent Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Vincent Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Wren Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Kildare Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Shoplifting Bernard Cassidy Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Edwin Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Edwin Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Bernard Cassidy Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Robbery Forty Acre Lane Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Cooper Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Cooper Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Cooper Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Cooper Street Under investigation

Data Sources

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