Total Crime Rate
719.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
52.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Butchers Road area has the highest crime rate of 21 local areas in Canning Town South , and the 26th highest crime rate of 745 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 Butchers Road (E16 1PH) in the last 12 months was 719.6 per 1,000 residents and was 259.6% higher than the Canning Town South average (200.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 292 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 250.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Bicycle theft ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 28 (≈ 52.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -22.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -40.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Butchers Road (E16 1PH), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Petrol Station, where police recorded 315 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Robertson Road (12 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Custom House| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Ashburton Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Fife Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Reed Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Plymouth Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Eclipse Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Eclipse Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Hammersley Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fife Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kildare Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Lowe Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Vanguard Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Robertson Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Robertson Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Robertson Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Lowe Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Lowe Avenue | — |
| 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 | Exeter Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hastings Road | Under investigation |
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