Total Crime Rate
181.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
65.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Woodcocks area has the 17th highest crime rate of 68 local areas in Beckton , and the 209th highest 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 Woodcocks (E16 3LD) in the last 12 months was 181.2 per 1,000 residents and was 6.8% higher than the Beckton average (169.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 23 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 18 (≈ 65.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 38.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 19.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Woodcocks (E16 3LD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Woodcocks, where police recorded 50 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.
View Crime In Custom House| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Young Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Macgregor Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Lawson Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Colman Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ridgwell Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Macgregor Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Colman Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Macgregor Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Macgregor Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Macgregor Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Macgregor Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Macgregor Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Macgregor Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Waterhouse Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Atkinson Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Waterhouse Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Heathfield Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hogarth Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Glencairne Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Fleetwood Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Woodcocks | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Woodcocks | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Woodcocks | Offender given a caution |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Woodcocks | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Woodcocks | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hickman Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Atkinson Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Macgregor Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Colman Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Partridge Close | Under investigation |
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