Total Crime Rate

84.6 per 1,000 7/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

44.8 per 1,000 7/10 · 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 84.6 7/10
  • Violent crimes 44.8 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 37.3 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 24.9 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 10.0 8/10
  • Public order 7.5 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 2.5 1/10
  • Other theft 2.5 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
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

Baxter Road area has the 7th lowest crime rate of 21 local areas in Canning Town South , and the 276th lowest crime rate of 745 local areas in Newham .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Baxter Road (E16 3HJ) in the last 12 months was 84.6 per 1,000 residents and was 57.7% lower than the Canning Town South average (200.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 15 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -9.1% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 18 (≈ 44.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ).

In the area around Baxter Road (E16 3HJ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Lynx Way, where police recorded 58 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Lawson Close (27 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Baxter Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/40)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Drugs Fortis Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Satanita Close —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Young Road —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Young Road —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Andover Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Hoskin'S Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Robbery Hoskin'S Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Alnwick Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Alnwick Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Alnwick Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Drugs Baxter Road Local resolution
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Satanita Close —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Young Road —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Lynx Way —
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Lynx Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Lynx Way Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Lynx Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Lynx Way Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Bering Walk Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Royal Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Saigasso Close —
Apr 2026Other theft A1020 Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Andover Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Young Road —
Apr 2026Burglary Wilkinson Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Bering Walk Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Croombs Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Lawson Close —
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Nottingham Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Woodcocks —
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Data Sources

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