Total Crime Rate
523.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
102.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Nutmeg Close area has the 8th highest crime rate of 72 local areas in Canning Town North , and the 38th 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 Nutmeg Close (E16 4PG) in the last 12 months was 523.4 per 1,000 residents and was 185.3% higher than the Canning Town North average (183.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 26 offences recorded. The least common crime was Public order with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 166.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 24 (≈ 102.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 140.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -32.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Nutmeg Close (E16 4PG), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Memorial Avenue, where police recorded 51 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Ronald Avenue (15 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Canning Town North| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Violet Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Clarence Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Addington Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Teasel Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Addington Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Addington Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Violet Close | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Violet Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Violet Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Violet Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Violet Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Sycamore Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sycamore Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Clarence Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Teasel Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Clarence Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Clarence Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Clarence Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Valerian Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Manor Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Godbold Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Manor Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pretoria Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Memorial Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Memorial Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cranberry Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fennel Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hilda Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Teasel Way | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hilda Road | Under investigation |
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