Total Crime Rate
39.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
11.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Becket Avenue area has the 3rd lowest crime rate of 37 local areas in East Ham South , and the 79th lowest crime rate of 745 local areas in Newham .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Becket Avenue (E6 6AE) in the last 12 months was 39.6 per 1,000 residents and was 61.0% lower 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 5 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 5 (≈ 11.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -28.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -61.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Becket Avenue (E6 6AE), the main crime hotspot is near Masefield Gardens. Police recorded 203 crimes here, including 33 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Wellstead Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Masefield Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Magdalene Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Masefield Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Masefield Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Langton Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Masefield Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Masefield Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Paul Robeson Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wellstead Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Wellstead Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Masefield Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Masefield Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Eastbourne Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Telham Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Eastbourne Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Eastbourne Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Becket Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Becket Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Brede Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Alexandra Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Masefield Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Masefield Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Vicarage Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Vicarage Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Vicarage Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Masefield Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Hameway | 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 |
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