Total Crime Rate
178.3 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025High Street South area has the 13th highest crime rate of 41 local areas in East Ham , and the 185th highest crime rate of 762 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 High Street South (E6 6EN) in the last 12 months was 178.3 per 1,000 residents and was 12.3% lower than the East Ham average (203.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 29 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -37.5% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 38 (≈ 98.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 18.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 103.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around High Street South (E6 6EN), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Myrtle Road, where police recorded 206 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Further/Higher Educational Building (57 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In East Ham| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Myrtle Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Arthur Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Arthur Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Arthur Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Didsbury Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Didsbury Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Melbourne Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Arthur Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Further/Higher Educational Building | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Melbourne Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Melbourne Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Arthur Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Arthur Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | St John'S Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Streatfeild Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Streatfeild Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Streatfeild Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Streatfeild Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Streatfeild Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Streatfeild Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Tilbury Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lloyd Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Lloyd Road | Under investigation |
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