Total Crime Rate
387.4 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Devonshire Road area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 21 local areas in Canning Town South , and the 60th highest crime rate of 762 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 Devonshire Road (E16 3NL) in the last 12 months was 387.4 per 1,000 residents and was 79.5% higher than the Canning Town South average (215.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 50 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 233.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Theft from the person ( -20.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 33 (≈ 90.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 17.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 47.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Devonshire Road (E16 3NL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Cundy Road, where police recorded 67 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Betts Road (36 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Bingley Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Colman Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Nottingham Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Chauntler Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Chauntler Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Chauntler Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Mortlake Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Ripley Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Sports/Recreation Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Throckmorton Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Varley Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Throckmorton Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Throckmorton Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Throckmorton Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bingley Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Betts Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Vandome Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Sophia Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Nottingham Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Varley Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Colman Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Ilkley Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bingley Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bingley Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Jersey Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Jersey Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Jersey Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Jersey Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Jersey Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Burley Road | — |
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