Total Crime Rate

522.1 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

239.0 per 1,000 10/10 · Very 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 522.1 10/10
  • Violent crimes 239.0 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 150.7 10/10
  • Other theft 77.2 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 62.5 10/10
  • Public order 55.2 10/10
  • Theft from the person 44.1 10/10
  • Drugs 33.1 10/10
  • Robbery 25.7 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 22.1 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 18.4 10/10
  • Burglary 11.0 9/10
  • Other crime 7.4 8/10
  • Possession of weapons 7.4 9/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.7 5/10
  • Shoplifting 3.7 3/10
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

Beckton Road area has the 9th highest crime rate of 72 local areas in Canning Town North , and the 40th 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 Beckton Road (E16 1PY) in the last 12 months was 522.1 per 1,000 residents and was 184.5% higher than the Canning Town North average (183.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 41 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -40.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 65 (≈ 239.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 30.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 12.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Beckton Road (E16 1PY), the main crime hotspot is near Beckton Road. Police recorded 102 crimes here, including 53 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Beckton Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/103)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Public order Rathbone Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Sheppard Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Malmesbury Terrace Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Robbery Malmesbury Terrace Under investigation
Apr 2026Robbery Malmesbury Terrace Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Malmesbury Terrace Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Petra Way —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Petra Way —
Apr 2026Other theft Bernard Cassidy Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Other theft Bernard Cassidy Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Bernard Cassidy Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Sheppard Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Sheppard Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Cooper Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Edwin Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Malmesbury Terrace Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Lawrence Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Lawrence Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Ordnance Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Theft from the person Ordnance Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Edwin Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Edwin Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Robbery Tant Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Edwin Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Edwin Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Wren Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Fisher Street —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Fisher Street —
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Vincent Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Malmesbury Terrace Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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