Total Crime Rate

122.0 per 1,000 8/10 Β· High

All offences Β· 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 122.0 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 39.0 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 29.3 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 22.0 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 14.6 8/10
  • Other theft 4.9 5/10
  • Burglary 2.4 1/10
  • Drugs 2.4 1/10
  • Other crime 2.4 1/10
  • Robbery 2.4 2/10
  • Theft from the person 2.4 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 Β· Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Chester Road area has the 35th lowest crime rate of 73 local areas in Canning Town North , and the 299th highest crime rate of 762 local areas in Newham .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Chester Road (E16 4NL) in the last 12 months was 122.0 per 1,000 residents and was 34.7% lower than the Canning Town North average (186.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 16 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 17 (β‰ˆ 41.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -10.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 45.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Chester Road (E16 4NL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Tyas Road, where police recorded 56 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Avondale Road (32 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

Crime Over Time in Chester Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other theft Avondale Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Tyas Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hilda Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Clifton Road β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Clifton Road β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Clifton Road β€”
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Desford Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Desford Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Chester Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Chester Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Clifford Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Exning Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Tyas Road β€”
Sep 2025Drugs Tyas Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Ordnance Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Percy Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Percy Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Tyas Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Durham Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Avondale Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Addington Road β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Comyns Close β€”
Sep 2025Other theft Beaconsfield Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Beaconsfield Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Comyns Close β€”
Sep 2025Theft from the person Comyns Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Ordnance Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Clifton Road β€”
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Ordnance Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Sycamore Close Under investigation

Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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