Total Crime Rate
273.9 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Bowyer Close area has the 9th highest crime rate of 68 local areas in Beckton , and the 101st highest crime rate of 762 local areas in Newham .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Bowyer Close (E6 5XU) in the last 12 months was 273.9 per 1,000 residents and was 51.0% higher than the Beckton average (181.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 21 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -38.5% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 34 (≈ 141.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 61.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has flat ( 1.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Bowyer Close (E6 5XU), the main crime hotspot is near Parking Area. Police recorded 159 crimes here, including 41 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Beckton| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Bowyer Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Derifall Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Offender given penalty notice |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Bowyer Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bowyer Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bowyer Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Derifall Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | A13 | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | A13 | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Pepper Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Pepper Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Pepper Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Viscount Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Pepper Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Concorde Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Albatross Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Albatross Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Kingsford Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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