Total Crime Rate
41.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
14.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Sandford Road area has the 4th lowest crime rate of 37 local areas in East Ham South , and the 83rd lowest crime rate of 745 local areas in Newham .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Sandford Road (E6 3PX) in the last 12 months was 41.2 per 1,000 residents and was 59.4% lower than the East Ham South average (101.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 5 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -16.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 6 (≈ 14.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -14.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -68.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Sandford Road (E6 3PX), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Marlow Road, where police recorded 52 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Greatfield Avenue (20 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In East Ham South| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Fabian Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Marlow Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Theatre/Concert Hall | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Theatre/Concert Hall | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Theatre/Concert Hall | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Theatre/Concert Hall | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Brooks Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Sandford Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Lonsdale Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Roman Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Lonsdale Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fabian Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Melford Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Nightingale Way | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Nightingale Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Evelyn Denington Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Evelyn Denington Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Theatre/Concert Hall | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Theatre/Concert Hall | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Mitcham Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hale Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Silver Birch Gardens | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Greatfield Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Masterman Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Greatfield Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Stokes Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Stokes Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Greatfield Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Greatfield Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Greatfield Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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