Total Crime Rate
107.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
49.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026High Street South area has the 19th lowest crime rate of 41 local areas in East Ham , and the 366th lowest crime rate of 745 local areas in Newham .
Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.
The overall crime rate in the area around High Street South (E6 3RN) in the last 12 months was 107.9 per 1,000 residents and was 47.4% lower than the East Ham average (205.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 15 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Theft from the person ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 22 (≈ 49.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 4.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -62.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around High Street South (E6 3RN), the main crime hotspot is near Arthur Road. Police recorded 68 crimes here, including 30 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 | Anti-social behaviour | Southchurch Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rancliffe Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Holloway Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | John Wesley Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | High Street South | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Poulett Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Poulett Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pulleyns Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | High Street South | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | High Street South | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | High Street South | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | White Horse Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | White Horse Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Mitcham Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Rancliffe Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rancliffe Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Elderberry Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Marlow Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Sandford Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | A117 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | A117 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | A117 | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | A117 | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Ascot Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tilbury Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Tilbury Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Tilbury Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Tilbury Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Southchurch Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Southchurch Road | Under investigation |
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