Total Crime Rate
38.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
14.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Gresham Road area has the 9th lowest crime rate of 41 local areas in East Ham , and the 72nd 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 Gresham Road (E6 6DS) in the last 12 months was 38.2 per 1,000 residents and was 81.4% 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 6 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Theft from the person ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 7 (≈ 14.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -56.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Gresham Road (E6 6DS), the main crime hotspot is near Arthur Road. Police recorded 68 crimes here, including 30 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 | Theft from the person | Telham Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Manbrough Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Holloway Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wellstead Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wellstead Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Tilbury Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Tilbury Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Vicarage Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Melbourne Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Market Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Johnstone Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Johnstone Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Wellstead Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Manbrough Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Market Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Vicarage Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Market Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | John Wesley Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Vicarage Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | High Street South | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | High Street South | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Arthur Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Arthur Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Arthur Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Arthur Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | High Street South | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Brede Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | High Street South | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Arthur Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Holloway Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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