Total Crime Rate
1256.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
281.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026High Street North area has the highest crime rate of 41 local areas in East Ham , and the 11th 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 High Street North (E6 1HZ) in the last 12 months was 1256.0 per 1,000 residents and was 512.7% higher than the East Ham average (205.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 224 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -38.1% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 189 (≈ 281.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 6.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -38.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around High Street North (E6 1HZ), the main crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 460 crimes here, including 130 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In East Ham| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Skeffington Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Skeffington Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Skeffington Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Skeffington Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Hartley Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Hartley Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Hartley Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Wakefield Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | East Ham | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | East Ham | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | East Ham | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | East Ham | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | St John'S Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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