Total Crime Rate

77.6 per 1,000 7/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 77.6 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 23.1 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 12.6 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 10.5 5/10
  • Other theft 8.4 7/10
  • Other crime 6.3 8/10
  • Public order 6.3 5/10
  • Burglary 4.2 5/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 4.2 3/10
  • Theft from the person 2.1 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Ling Road area has the 10th lowest crime rate of 19 local areas in Custom House , and the 274th lowest crime rate of 762 local areas in Newham .

At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Ling Road (E16 4AP) in the last 12 months was 77.6 per 1,000 residents and was 44.1% lower than the Custom House average (138.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 150.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -35.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 14 (≈ 29.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -30.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 86.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Ling Road (E16 4AP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Petrol Station, where police recorded 195 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Warmington Street (21 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

Crime Over Time in Ling Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Clove Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Fox Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Reed Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other crime Reed Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Fife Road
Sep 2025Shoplifting Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Hastings Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Hastings Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Hastings Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Forty Acre Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Brent Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Clove Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Clove Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Forty Acre Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Forty Acre Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Eclipse Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Eclipse Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Eclipse Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Barking Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Edward Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Edward Court
Sep 2025Shoplifting Petrol Station Under investigation

Data Sources

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