Total Crime Rate
300.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
185.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Brighton Road area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 37 local areas in East Ham South , and the 88th 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 Brighton Road (E6 6AR) in the last 12 months was 300.4 per 1,000 residents and was 196.4% 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 38 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -14.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 47 (≈ 185.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 23.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -20.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Brighton Road (E6 6AR), the main crime hotspot is near Blaney Crescent. Police recorded 175 crimes here, including 31 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 | Becket Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Brede Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Eastbourne Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sidney Elson Way | — |
| 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 | Vicarage Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Vicarage Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Eastbourne Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Alexandra Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Becket Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Blaney Crescent | — |
| 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 | Blaney Crescent | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Blaney Crescent | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Brighton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Brighton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Brighton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Eastbourne Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Vicarage Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Paul Robeson Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Wolsey Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mathews Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Blaney Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Blaney Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Blaney Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Blaney Crescent | Under investigation |
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