Total Crime Rate
219.5 per 1,000
All offences Β· May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
38.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Eric Road area has the 9th highest crime rate of 51 local areas in Forest Gate North , and the 153rd 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 Eric Road (E7 0AZ) in the last 12 months was 219.5 per 1,000 residents and was 107.6% higher than the Forest Gate North average (105.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this areaβs most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 38 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 18.8% YoY). The sharpest decline was Theft from the person ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 11 (β 38.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -8.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 5.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Eric Road (E7 0AZ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Station Road, where police recorded 43 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Essex Street (20 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Forest Gate North| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Station Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Essex Street | β |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Eric Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Eric Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Eric Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Odessa Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Essex Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Essex Street | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Essex Street | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Wooder Gardens | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Station Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Fowler Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Station Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Station Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Station Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Station Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Eric Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Talbot Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Station Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Forest Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Clare Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Knighton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Clare Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Clare Gardens | β |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Clare Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Forest Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Forest Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Talbot Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Eric Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Eric Road | β |
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