Total Crime Rate
263.8 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Nutmeg Close area has the 19th highest crime rate of 73 local areas in Canning Town North , and the 109th 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 Nutmeg Close (E16 4PG) in the last 12 months was 263.8 per 1,000 residents and was 41.2% higher than the Canning Town North average (186.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 22 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , down -85.7% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -85.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 11 (≈ 46.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -35.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -30.3% 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 53 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Verbena Close (16 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Sycamore Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Durham Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Star Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Memorial Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Memorial Avenue | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Teasel Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Teasel Way | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hilda Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Teasel Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Addington Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Germander Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Desford Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Desford Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Celandine Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Chester Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Chester Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Star Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Star Lane | — |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Exning Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Star Lane | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Memorial Avenue | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Valerian Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Sycamore Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Verbena Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Alden Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Alden Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Sycamore Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Pretoria Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | B164 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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