Total Crime Rate
111.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
41.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Sidney Elson Way area has the 21st lowest crime rate of 41 local areas in East Ham , and the 371st 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 Sidney Elson Way (E6 6DH) in the last 12 months was 111.1 per 1,000 residents and was 45.8% lower than the East Ham average (205.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -75.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 9 (≈ 41.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 50.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -44.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Sidney Elson Way (E6 6DH), the main crime hotspot is near Mathews Avenue. Police recorded 49 crimes here, including 28 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 | Brighton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Becket Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Telham 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 | Brighton Road | 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 | 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 | Criminal damage and arson | Wellstead Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Park Avenue | 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 | Paul Robeson Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Eastbourne Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Eastbourne Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Eastbourne Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mathews Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Brighton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Brighton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Flanders Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Vicarage Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Market Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Wolsey Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Market Street | — |
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