Total Crime Rate
806.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
243.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026High Street North area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 41 local areas in East Ham , and the 23rd 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 2JA) in the last 12 months was 806.9 per 1,000 residents and was 293.6% higher than the East Ham average (205.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Theft from the person with 124 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 2 cases , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -27.8% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 135 (≈ 243.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -5.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -26.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around High Street North (E6 2JA), 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 | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Harrow Road | Under investigation |
| 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 | Robbery | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Colvin Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Stamford Road | 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 | Theft from the person | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Holme Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | High Street North | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | High Street North | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sibley Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Bendish Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | High Street North | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Gladstone Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Tennyson Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Tennyson Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tennyson Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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