Total Crime Rate
143.3 per 1,000
All offences Β· May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
64.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Suffolk Street area has the 18th highest crime rate of 51 local areas in Forest Gate North , and the 270th highest crime rate of 745 local areas in Newham .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Suffolk Street (E7 0HF) in the last 12 months was 143.3 per 1,000 residents and was 35.5% higher than the Forest Gate North average (105.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this areaβs most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 16 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Theft from the person ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 22 (β 64.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 37.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -12.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Suffolk Street (E7 0HF), the main crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 107 crimes here, including 29 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Forest Gate North| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Essex Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Station Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Brooking Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Field Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Brooking Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Strode Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Strode Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Strode Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Strode Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Essex Street | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Essex Street | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Essex Street | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Stracey Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Station Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Brooking Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Dimond Close | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Dimond Close | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Dimond Close | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Dimond Close | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Dimond Close | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Dimond Close | β |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Dimond Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Dimond Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Dimond Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dimond Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Dimond Close | Under investigation |
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