Total Crime Rate
142.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
41.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Lawrence 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 Lawrence Road (E6 1JN) 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 Lawrence Road (E6 1JN), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Bendish Road, where police recorded 103 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Wakefield Street (34 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In East Ham| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Harrow Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Bendish Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ray Massey Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Ray Massey Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Ray Massey Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Bendish Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Hartley Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Hartley Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Hartley Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Bendish Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Bendish Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Aintree Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Aintree Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Aintree Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Aintree Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wakefield Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wakefield Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Stamford Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Colvin Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Victoria Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Victoria Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Victoria Avenue | — |
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