Total Crime Rate
329.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
101.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Devonshire Road area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 21 local areas in Canning Town South , and the 77th 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 Devonshire Road (E16 3NL) in the last 12 months was 329.7 per 1,000 residents and was 64.8% higher 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 29 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -51.1% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 37 (≈ 101.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 40.1% 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 56 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Betts Road (25 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 | Other theft | Mortlake Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Vandome Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bingley Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Otley Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Otley Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Colman Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Colman Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Otley Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cundy Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cundy Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cundy Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Fortis Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Betts Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Croombs Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Young Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Vandome Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fortis Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Nottingham Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nottingham Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Churchill Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Wilkinson Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sports/Recreation Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Churchill Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Young Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Young Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Salomons Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Sports/Recreation Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Colman Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Betts Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Manchester Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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