Total Crime Rate

190.3 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

96.6 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 190.3 9/10
  • Violent crimes 96.6 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 79.6 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 45.5 9/10
  • Other theft 19.9 10/10
  • Robbery 14.2 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 8.5 7/10
  • Burglary 5.7 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 5.7 4/10
  • Drugs 5.7 6/10
  • Other crime 2.8 2/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.8 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Silver Birch Gardens area has the 8th highest crime rate of 37 local areas in East Ham South , and the 190th 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 Silver Birch Gardens (E6 3SX) in the last 12 months was 190.3 per 1,000 residents and was 87.8% higher 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 28 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Possession of weapons ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 34 (≈ 96.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -5.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -14.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Silver Birch Gardens (E6 3SX), the main crime hotspot is near Greatfield Avenue. Police recorded 41 crimes here, including 20 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Silver Birch Gardens area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Greatfield Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Ambassador Gardens Under investigation
Apr 2026Other crime Greatfield Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Roman Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Greatfield Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Greatfield Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Sports/Recreation Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Theft from the person Greatfield Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order Monmouth Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Monmouth Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Brooks Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Melford Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Monmouth Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Drugs Sandford Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Other theft Evelyn Denington Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Evelyn Denington Road
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Silver Birch Gardens
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Nightingale Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Nightingale Way
Apr 2026Robbery Fabian Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Fabian Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Monmouth Road Under investigation

Data Sources

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