Total Crime Rate
235.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
94.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Royal Crest Avenue area has the 10th highest crime rate of 39 local areas in Royal Albert , and the 139th 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 Royal Crest Avenue (E16 2TD) in the last 12 months was 235.3 per 1,000 residents and was 150.1% higher than the Royal Albert average (94.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 28 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Possession of weapons ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 40 (≈ 94.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 53.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 105.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Royal Crest Avenue (E16 2TD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Petrol Station, where police recorded 98 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Cunnigham Avenue (26 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Royal Victoria| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cable Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Schooner Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Regalia Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Rayleigh Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Rayleigh Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Cunnigham Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Cunnigham Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Cunnigham Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Cunnigham Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cunnigham Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Nautical Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nautical Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nautical Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Schooner Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Schooner Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Royal Crest Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Schooner Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Schooner Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Schooner Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Admiralty Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Admiralty Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | North Woolwich Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | North Woolwich Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Rope Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Rope Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Rope Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rope Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Barrier Point Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Regalia Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | North Woolwich Road | — |
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