Total Crime Rate
108.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
49.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Forty Acre Lane area has the 23rd lowest crime rate of 72 local areas in Canning Town North , and the 369th lowest crime rate of 745 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 108.2 per 1,000 residents and was 41.0% lower 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 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 15 (≈ 49.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 25.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -19.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Forty Acre Lane (E16 1QL), 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.
View Crime In Custom House| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | St Thomas Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Beckton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Cooper Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Cooper Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Cooper Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Bernard Cassidy Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Bernard Cassidy Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Bernard Cassidy Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Cooper Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Beckton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Beckton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Beckton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Beckton Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Beckton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cooper Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Beckton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Beckton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Beckton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Beckton Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Beckton Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Hammersley Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Edwin Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Edwin Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Edwin Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Edwin Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Ling Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Edwin Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Cooper Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cooper Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Edwin Street | Under investigation |
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