Total Crime Rate
529.0 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Freemasons Road area has the highest crime rate of 21 local areas in Canning Town South , and the 36th 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 Freemasons Road (E16 3PY) in the last 12 months was 529.0 per 1,000 residents and was 145.1% 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 Shoplifting with 176 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 44 (≈ 82.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -6.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -52.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Freemasons Road (E16 3PY), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Petrol Station, where police recorded 195 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Chadwin Road (14 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Oystercatcher Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Ringlet Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Ringlet Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Freemasons Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Kerry Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Pheasant Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Golden Plover Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Golden Plover Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Gadwall Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Gadwall Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cranley Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Cranley Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Oystercatcher Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Oystercatcher Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Eclipse Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Oystercatcher Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Sophia Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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