Total Crime Rate

246.8 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Nov 2024 - Oct 2025

Violent Crime Rate

101.3 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

Nov 2024 - Oct 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 246.8 10/10
  • Violent crimes 101.3 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 63.3 9/10
  • Other theft 38.0 10/10
  • Public order 38.0 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 31.7 9/10
  • Drugs 25.3 10/10
  • Theft from the person 19.0 9/10
  • Burglary 12.7 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 12.7 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 6.3 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Nov 2024 - Oct 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Cheering Lane area has the 17th highest crime rate of 48 local areas in Maryland , and the 123rd 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 Cheering Lane (E20 1BB) in the last 12 months was 246.8 per 1,000 residents and was 42.6% higher than the Maryland average (173.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. Overall, crime levels by type were broadly flat compared to 2025, with no category showing a clear year-on-year rise or fall.

Violent crimes totalled 16 (≈ 101.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ).

In the area around Cheering Lane (E20 1BB), the main crime hotspot is near Hitchcock Lane. Police recorded 314 crimes here, including 37 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Cheering Lane area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Oct 2025Anti-social behaviour Honour Lea Avenue
Oct 2025Public order Hitchcock Lane Under investigation
Oct 2025Shoplifting Hitchcock Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Oct 2025Shoplifting Hitchcock Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Oct 2025Shoplifting Hitchcock Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Oct 2025Shoplifting Hitchcock Lane Offender given penalty notice
Oct 2025Shoplifting Hitchcock Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Oct 2025Shoplifting Hitchcock Lane Unable to prosecute suspect
Oct 2025Shoplifting Hitchcock Lane Unable to prosecute suspect
Oct 2025Shoplifting Hitchcock Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Oct 2025Shoplifting Hitchcock Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Oct 2025Shoplifting Hitchcock Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Oct 2025Other theft Hitchcock Lane Under investigation
Oct 2025Shoplifting Hitchcock Lane Under investigation
Oct 2025Other theft Hitchcock Lane Under investigation
Oct 2025Other theft Hitchcock Lane Under investigation
Oct 2025Other theft Hitchcock Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Oct 2025Other theft Hitchcock Lane Under investigation
Oct 2025Criminal damage and arson Hitchcock Lane Unable to prosecute suspect
Oct 2025Vehicle crime Parking Area Under investigation
Oct 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area
Oct 2025Violence and sexual offences International Way Under investigation
Oct 2025Violence and sexual offences International Way Under investigation
Oct 2025Theft from the person International Way Under investigation
Oct 2025Theft from the person International Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Oct 2025Shoplifting Hitchcock Lane Under investigation
Oct 2025Shoplifting Hitchcock Lane Unable to prosecute suspect
Oct 2025Shoplifting International Way Under investigation
Oct 2025Violence and sexual offences Hitchcock Lane Unable to prosecute suspect
Oct 2025Public order Penny Brookes Street Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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