Total Crime Rate
194.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
85.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Malmesbury Terrace area has the 24th highest crime rate of 72 local areas in Canning Town North , and the 185th highest crime rate of 745 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 Malmesbury Terrace (E16 4PL) in the last 12 months was 194.3 per 1,000 residents and was 5.9% 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 Violence and sexual offences with 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 250.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 18 (≈ 85.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 63.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -44.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Malmesbury Terrace (E16 4PL), the main crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 224 crimes here, including 58 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Canning Town North| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Clarkson Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Ordnance Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ordnance Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Bernard Cassidy Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Bernard Cassidy Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Mary Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Petra Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Burke Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Gerald Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Gerald Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Fox Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Fox Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Petra Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Petra Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Petra Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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