Total Crime Rate
1211.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
356.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Stephenson Street area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 72 local areas in Canning Town North , and the 13th 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 Stephenson Street (E16 4SA) in the last 12 months was 1211.9 per 1,000 residents and was 560.5% 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 77 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 2 cases , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 166.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -25.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 96 (≈ 356.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 3.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -12.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Stephenson Street (E16 4SA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Nightclub, where police recorded 81 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Wharfside Road (21 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 | Drugs | Bidder Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Violet Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Clarence Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Clarence Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Birch Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Birch Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Birch Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Birch Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Addington Road | 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Clarence Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Violet Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bidder Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Bidder Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Bidder Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Bidder Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Nightclub | — |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Nightclub | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Liverpool Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Bidder Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Bidder Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Liverpool Road | Under investigation |
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