Total Crime Rate

273.9 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 273.9 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 87.1 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 33.2 9/10
  • Public order 33.2 10/10
  • Shoplifting 29.1 7/10
  • Robbery 20.8 10/10
  • Other theft 16.6 9/10
  • Theft from the person 16.6 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 8.3 6/10
  • Drugs 8.3 8/10
  • Other crime 8.3 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 8.3 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 4.2 6/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Bowyer 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.

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Crime Over Time in Bowyer Close area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Theft from the person Bowyer Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Derifall Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Parking Area Offender given penalty notice
Sep 2025Shoplifting Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Bowyer Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bowyer Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bowyer Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Derifall Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary A13 Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences A13 Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Pepper Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Pepper Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Pepper Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Viscount Drive Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Pepper Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Concorde Drive Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Albatross Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Theft from the person Albatross Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Kingsford Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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