Total Crime Rate
195.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
61.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Fletcher Close area has the 15th highest crime rate of 68 local areas in Beckton , and the 183rd 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 Fletcher Close (E6 6FT) in the last 12 months was 195.0 per 1,000 residents and was 14.9% higher than the Beckton average (169.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Drugs with 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 116.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -61.8% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 17 (≈ 61.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 70.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 49.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Fletcher Close (E6 6FT), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Gallions Reach, where police recorded 77 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Further/Higher Educational Building (25 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Beckton| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Agnes Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Trader Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | University Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | University Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Warwall | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fletcher Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Founder Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Founder Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Collier Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | University Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Collier Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Gallions Reach | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Gallions Reach | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Gallions Reach | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Gallions Reach | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Gallions Reach | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | University Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Gallions Reach | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | University Way | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cyprus Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Further/Higher Educational Building | — |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Further/Higher Educational Building | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Further/Higher Educational Building | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | University Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Cyprus Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Baseing Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Tansy Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Tansy Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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