Total Crime Rate

101.6 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 101.6 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 29.5 6/10
  • Drugs 16.4 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 16.4 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 13.1 8/10
  • Other theft 13.1 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 6.6 4/10
  • Robbery 3.3 4/10
  • Theft from the person 3.3 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 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

Forty Acre Lane area has the 25th lowest crime rate of 73 local areas in Canning Town North , and the 376th lowest crime rate of 762 local areas in Newham .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Forty Acre Lane (E16 1QL) in the last 12 months was 101.6 per 1,000 residents and was 45.6% lower 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 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -37.5% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 32.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 42.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 41.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Forty Acre Lane (E16 1QL), the main crime hotspot is near Beckton Road. Police recorded 78 crimes here, including 33 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

Crime Over Time in Forty Acre Lane area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Ashburton Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Hastings Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Ingal Road —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Reed Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other crime Reed Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Ivy Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Ivy Road —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Fife Road —
Sep 2025Public order Clove Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Clove Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Clove Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Thorne Close Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Brent Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Hastings Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Fisher Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Edward Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Morgan Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Pacific Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Morgan Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Morgan Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cooper Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary Hastings Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Beckton Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Beckton Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Beckton Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Beckton Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Beckton Road —
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Cooper Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hayday Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Fox Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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