Total Crime Rate

466.9 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

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 466.9 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 91.9 10/10
  • Other theft 73.5 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 55.2 10/10
  • Public order 47.8 10/10
  • Theft from the person 47.8 10/10
  • Drugs 40.4 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 36.8 10/10
  • Robbery 33.1 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 14.7 9/10
  • Burglary 11.0 9/10
  • Possession of weapons 11.0 10/10
  • Other crime 3.7 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 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

Beckton Road area has the 10th highest crime rate of 73 local areas in Canning Town North , and the 42nd highest crime rate of 762 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 Beckton Road (E16 1PY) in the last 12 months was 466.9 per 1,000 residents and was 149.9% higher than the Canning Town North average (186.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 25 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 175.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -41.9% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 50 (≈ 183.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -21.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 40.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Beckton Road (E16 1PY), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Mona Street, where police recorded 101 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Beckton Road (33 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

Crime Over Time in Beckton Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other theft Beckton Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Bothwell Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Aviary Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Aviary Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Aviary Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Murdock Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Formunt Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Mary Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Bothwell Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Fox Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bothwell Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Forty Acre Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Forty Acre Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Forty Acre Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Vincent Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Vincent Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Alexandra Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Morgan Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Edwin Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Beckton Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Columbia Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Columbia Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Maud Street —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Maud Street —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Beckton Road —
Sep 2025Burglary Beckton Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Beckton Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Morgan Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Maud Street —
Sep 2025Burglary Maud Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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