Total Crime Rate
153.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
68.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Vicarage Lane area has the 15th highest crime rate of 41 local areas in East Ham , and the 256th 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 Vicarage Lane (E6 6AD) in the last 12 months was 153.5 per 1,000 residents and was 25.1% 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 16 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 150.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 31 (≈ 68.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 6.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 258.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Vicarage Lane (E6 6AD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near High Street South, where police recorded 55 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Mathews Avenue (28 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In East Ham South| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Telham Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Vicarage Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mathews Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Wolsey Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wolsey Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | High Street South | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | High Street South | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | High Street South | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | High Street South | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | White Horse Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | White Horse Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Elderberry Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Flanders Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Telham Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Vicarage Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Manbrough Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Vicarage Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Vicarage Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Vicarage Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Alexandra Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Brede Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Becket Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Becket Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Wellstead Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wellstead Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wellstead Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Langton Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sidney Elson Way | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Manbrough Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | John Wesley Close | Under investigation |
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