Total Crime Rate
142.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
41.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Colvin Road area has the 16th highest crime rate of 41 local areas in East Ham , and the 272nd 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 Colvin Road (E6 1JL) in the last 12 months was 142.2 per 1,000 residents and was 30.6% lower than the East Ham average (205.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 28 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -20.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 19 (≈ 41.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -40.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Colvin Road (E6 1JL), the main crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 398 crimes here, including 114 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Spencer Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Milton Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Spencer Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | High Street North | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Spencer Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Spencer Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Spencer Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | High Street North | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Milton Avenue | Offender given penalty notice |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Milton Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Colvin Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Milton Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Milton Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Heigham Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Heigham Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Heigham Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Grangewood Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Harrow Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | High Street North | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | High Street North | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Tennyson Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Cowper Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Tennyson Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Tennyson Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Tennyson Avenue | — |
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