Total Crime Rate

719.6 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

52.3 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 719.6 10/10
  • Shoplifting 545.8 10/10
  • Violent crimes 52.3 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 35.5 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 24.3 6/10
  • Drugs 18.7 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 18.7 10/10
  • Robbery 15.0 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 13.1 8/10
  • Other theft 13.1 9/10
  • Public order 13.1 8/10
  • Theft from the person 13.1 9/10
  • Burglary 3.7 4/10
  • Other crime 3.7 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 1.9 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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

Butchers 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.

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Crime Over Time in Butchers Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Bicycle theft Ashburton Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Theft from the person Fife Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Reed Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Petrol Station Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Shoplifting Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Burglary Plymouth Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Eclipse Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Eclipse Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Shoplifting Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Burglary Hammersley Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Fife Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Kildare Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Other theft Lowe Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Vanguard Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Robertson Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Robertson Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Robertson Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Lowe Avenue
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Lowe Avenue
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Fife Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Fife Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Fife Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Exeter Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Hastings Road Under investigation

Data Sources

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