Total Crime Rate
59.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
23.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Waterhouse Close area has the 18th lowest crime rate of 68 local areas in Beckton , and the 168th lowest crime rate of 745 local areas in Newham .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Waterhouse Close (E16 3ST) in the last 12 months was 59.7 per 1,000 residents and was 64.8% lower 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 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 9 (≈ 23.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 28.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -45.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Waterhouse Close (E16 3ST), the main crime hotspot is near Cherry Tree Way. Police recorded 242 crimes here, including 202 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Custom House| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Satanita Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cherry Tree Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cherry Tree Way | Formal action is not in the public interest |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cherry Tree Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cherry Tree Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cherry Tree Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cherry Tree Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cherry Tree Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cherry Tree Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cherry Tree Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cherry Tree Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cherry Tree Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cherry Tree Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Macgregor Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Cherry Tree Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ridgwell Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Partridge Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hickman 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 | Anti-social behaviour | Lawson Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Atkinson Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Atkinson Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cherry Tree Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Cherry Tree Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Cherry Tree Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Macgregor Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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