Total Crime Rate
190.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
96.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Silver 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.
View Crime In East Ham South| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Greatfield Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ambassador Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Greatfield Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Roman Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Greatfield Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Greatfield Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Sports/Recreation Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Greatfield Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Monmouth Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Monmouth Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Brooks Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Melford Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Monmouth Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Sandford Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Evelyn Denington Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Evelyn Denington Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Silver Birch Gardens | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Nightingale Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Nightingale Way | — |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Fabian Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fabian Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Monmouth Road | Under investigation |
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